RM2.1mil support for Bornean Sun Bear conservation

BSBCC’s youngest resc ued sun bear: Damai, a seven-month-old cub, is seen chewing off decayed wood to look for termites to eat. She was found in a residential area in Damai in November 2012 by a businessman who found her wandering on his porch. Damai was then sent to the Lok Kawi Zoo before being sent to BSBCC. WITH a distinctive pale horseshoe-shaped imprint on their chests coupled...

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Mataking Reef Day 2013

Photo: matakingnow.com   Date : 01 June 2013   The Reef Dive Resort of Mataking Island will once again unite with schools, community leaders, local NGOs and local authorities to make the Sabah east coast's aquatic world a better place. Fun and educational programs await, such as underwater clean-up,...

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Michelle Yeoh urges people to protect the environment and preserve nature

Photo: nationalgeographic.com Malaysian international actress, Datuk Seri Michelle Yeoh is urging people to play their part in protecting and preserving the nature. Yeoh who is supporting the Sarawak Forestry Corporation (SFC) during her inaugural visit to the Talang Talang Island, said it is important to stress conservation awareness through education.She praised the SFC efforts in protecting...

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'Baby Joe' is doing fine at wildlife park

Photo: Andrew Chant KOTA KINABALU: JOE, the elephant calf, which captured the hearts of all when a photograph of it trying to wake its dead mother was published, is doing fine. Two months down the line, the four-month-old calf has gained weight and is also more sociable with other elephants at the Lok Kawi Sabah Wildlife Park, near here. Sabah Wildlife veterinarian Dr Roza Sipagkui...

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EARTH HOUR: Cycling to spread the good message

Photo: Insight Sabah In conjuction with the Earth Hour event,  Hyatt Regency Kinabalu and the Kota Kinabalu Cycling Association have organised a commemorative ride with the aim of raising awareness about energy conservation and lowering of carbon emissions. Some 180 cyclists from all over Sabah showed their support by taking to the roads of the city in an hour-long bike ride to spread...

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EARTH HOUR: Coral planting at Earth Hour event

Photo: Insight Sabah   Sutera Harbour Resort has added a conservation activity in the form of coral planting during its Earth Hour event here, last Saturday. The resort started celebrating Earth Hour in 2007, grew bigger and by 2011 it also involved the Sabah Environment Action Centre (EAC) and the Kota Kinabalu City Hall in 2012. For this 2013 Earth Hour, the resort started on a coral...

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BEST Society to conserve coastal fisheries in Kudat

BEST Society which is the non-profit foundation of Borneo Eco Tours and Sukau Rainforest Lodge will be working towards the conservation of coastal fishing ground around Kampung Terongkongan in Kudat. This initiative will include educating the local residents there on the far-reaching impact of fish bombing, and to help restore marine life to allow it to recover from fishing bombing...

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Do your bit for Earth Hour

TNB workers dropping in their forms, pledging to save energy, during the campaign launch at Wisma TNB in Kepong, Kuala Lumpur. KUALA LUMPUR: Earth Hour starts at 8.30pm today and Tenaga Nasional Bhd hopes Malaysians will put into action what they have learned about energy-saving. This is because despite the large number of awareness campaigns about saving electricity, fewer people...

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ESSCOM to protect marine park from fish bombers

  KOTA KINABALU: The Federal Government decision to establish the Eastern Sabah Security Command (ESSCOM) covering a coastline of some 1,400 kilometers from Kudat to Tawau could also benefit the yet-to-be-gazetted Tun Mustapha Park (TMP) located on the northern part of Sabah. WWF-Sulu Sulawesi Marine Ecoregion-Malaysia manager Rebecca Jumin said she was elated when news of the implementation...

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Seven UMS lecturers to join five-year study on monkey bar

Photo: acutemed.co.uk Kota Kinabalu: Seven senior lecturers from Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) have been appointed as research collaborators for a five-year project which will focus on research sites in Sabah and Palawan Island, the Philippines to determine the risk factors for the spread of Plasmodium knowlesi malaria in humans.  The research project will comprise two phases...

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DIY TetraBox Lamp

Designer Ed Chew shared a really cool idea how to turn discarded drink packets into a beautiful overhead lamp that casts an impressive web of shadows and shapes on the surrounding space. He starts by unfolding the packets and refolding them into hexagonal and pentagonal sections, then pieces them together forming a geodesic sphere or any other desired shape. The best part is that...

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Profiling of Tun Mustapha Park – Habitat and community

Since 2006, the initiatives have collaborated with the communities of TMP to map important habitats, ecosystems, and areas for livelihood generation. Working with coastal communities and fishermen, community mapping was conducted to document important traditional fishing area, sea turtle nesting beaches, distribution of biodiversity such as sea turtles and dugongs based on observations,...

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Collaborative effort needed to address problems of marine ecosystem sustainability – Yahya

Yahya getting ready to beat a gong as a symbolic launch of the seminar. KOTA KINABALU: Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Seri Panglima Yahya Hussin has called for a collaborative effort to address the problems of the marine ecosystem sustainability. Yahya pointed out that marine and coastal resources industries in the world are reported to represent more than five percent of the global gross...

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Rooftop solar PV launched at SM St. Michael, Sabah

Greenery welcomes you as you approach St. Michael secondary school. While 10 schools in Sabah celebrate their achievement of 100% passes in the Sijil Tinggi Persekolahan Malaysia (STPM) this year, SM St Michael has a bonus reason to celebrate. The school became the first in Sabah to have the solar photovoltaic (PV) system installed on its roof to reduce the school's electricity consumption....

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Tracking wild elephants to identify conservation areas and corridors

Dr Diana Ramirez and Marvin George from Widlife Rescue Unit collecting blood from Dara’s ear. KOTA KINABALU: The Wildlife Rescue Unit (WRU) from Sabah Wildlife Department darted two female elephants, one adult and one juvenile in Gunung Rara Forest Reserve. The two females were part of the herd from which 14 individuals died from unknown cause. Dr Diana Ramirez, wildlife veterinarian...

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Moyog Community River Restoration is on Track

Moyog River restoration is part of efforts to keep communities who live nearby its banks motivated in making a difference. This movement which has been started a year ago is on its right momentum with the third activity planned was carried out on Saturday. The programme was conducted by Community-Led Environmental Awareness for Our River, or CLEAR with the assistance of the Sabah Environmental...

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Taking the ultimate step to conserve our natural treasures for posterity

The tropical rainforests of Borneo are among the most biologically diverse ecosystems on Earth with at least 15,000 species of plants that have been identified. Of that number, approximately 6,000 species are unique to the land. Unfortunately, it is only in recent times that this treasure trough of biodiversity has caught the attention of scientists and environmentalists, and...

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Malaysia to support Earth Hour campaign again!

  World Wide Fund for Nature-Malaysia (WWF-Malaysia) executive director and chief executive officer Datuk Dr Dionysius Sharma said Malaysia will be joining the Earth Hour campaign on March 23, 2013. This is the third time for Malaysia to join this campaign and the switching off of non-essential lights will begin at 8.30pm. Sharma said  WWF-Malaysia, with cooperation from Universal...

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Malaysian Actress tours Imbak Canyon Conservation Area

Photo: imbakcanyon-borneo.com.my IMBAK (Sandakan): Malaysian actress Maya Karin toured the Imbak Canyon Conservation Area (ICCA) in the heart of Sabah recently, trekking deep into the rainforest, and came out impressed by the experience. “It is simply a treasure of Malaysia,” she said of the ICCA, a 30,000-hectare area of virgin dipterocarp forest that houses the iconic Imbak...

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DIY Project: How to Save Water in Gardens and Small-holdings

The world is warming. Resources are dwindling. Clean water is in short supply. Recycling is ever more important.   Inspired by a trip to the Eden Project in Cornwall, this is a neat trick to save water in your vegetable garden, especially plants growing in pots and troughs, which dry out more quickly. You can get specially-made ceramic widgets, but this is my version made from recycled...

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