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SHAH ALAM: Japanese
technology firm Fujitsu have planted 1,000 trees at the Eco-Forest Park
at Kinarut, Sabah, this year with the help of other groups in an effort
to regenerate the tropical rainforest in Borneo.
Individuals from Fujitsu Group as well as the
Japanese embassy, Kinabalu Japanese School, Universiti Malaysia Sabah
and Sabah Forestry Development Authority planted the saplings from Nov
23-Dec 2.
Fujitsu Malaysia marketing director Michele Lum said
the forest regeneration project focuses on replanting a specific
indigenous rainforest species known as the Dipterocarp, which grows
slowly but is being cut down rapidly for the manufacture of plywood.
Since 2002, Fujitsu has planted 37,500 Dipterocarp
saplings at the 150-hectare Eco-Forest Park with the assistance of Sabah
Forestry Development Authority and the Japan International Forestry
Promotion and Corporation Center.
“The survival rate of nursery trees we planted is 48%
as of June 2012. Our continual efforts can increase the survival rate by
planting new seedings in the areas where trees have died,” said Lum.
She said the project is part of Fujitsu’s long term
corporate social responsibility commitment in Malaysia to preserve the
environment and its rich biodiversity.
Lum added that Fujitsu has also started surveying the
wildlife in the area periodically to assess the degree of biodiversity
in the Eco-Forest Park as it regenerates.
The Sabah Forestry Development Authority is attempting
to revitalise the rainforest with tree-planting technologies and
technical support provided by the Japan International Forestry Promotion
and Corporation Centre.
Source: Selangor Times
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The public can now do their part in conserving a key Sabah rainforest by contributing as little as RM15.
The money will go towards rehabilitating some 50sq m area within the 34,000ha Malua forest reserve that is critical for the long-term survival of orang utan, pygmy elephants, sun bears and other threatened wildlife species.
Alternatively, they can contribute RM300 to conserve some 1,000sq m of the forest reserve which borders the pristine Danum Valley in Sabah’s east coast.
The contribution can also be sent as a gift for birthdays and other special occasions via personalised online certificates featuring animals such as orang utan, sun bears, pygmy elephants, clouded leopards, rhinos and hornbills.
Malua BioBank manager Merril Halley said the Protect Malua site made it easy for everyone to contribute towards rainforest conservation.
“This has to be one of most cost-effective and enduring ways for individuals to contribute to the restoration and protection of prime rainforest,” said Halley.
Contributions will be used to restore the degraded forest which was logged before a ban was imposed in 2008 by the state government.
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