SANDAKAN: Sandakania, a journal dedicated to plant systematics, morphology and natural history, is published by the Forest Research Centre of the Sabah Forestry Department in Sandakan, Malaysia.
SANDAKAN: A local Sabahan from Sandakan, Dr Arthur Y. C. Chung, was awarded the 2023 Science and Technology Award by the Malaysia Toray Science Foundation (MTSF) in Kuala Lumpur on Oct 24.
Arthur was one of the two recipients for this prestigious award.
KOTA KINABALU (Oct 24): A Sabah Forestry Department researcher was awarded the 2023 Science & Technology Award by the Malaysia Toray Science Foundation (MTSF) in Kuala Lumpur on October 24.
Dr Arthur Y. C. Chung from Sandakan was one of the two recipients for this prestigious award.
He was
PETALING JAYA: Unlike their American cousins, the cicadas in Malaysia provide less drama. Of the estimated 3,000 known species around the world, seven.
A bird’s eye view of Kuala Lumpur Butterfly Park, which is covered by green netting. Photos: FAIHAN GHANI, SAMUEL ONG and YAP CHEE HONG/The Star
IF KUALA Lumpur does not take immediate measures to conserve its butterfly population, it will most likely end up like Singapore which “lost” almost half of its butterflies.
“We will go down the same road if we do not take good mitigation measures (to conserve), ” said Associate Prof Dr Norela Sulaiman from the Biological and Biotechnology Department of the Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.
The entomologist said Malaysia’s butterfly population was declining and if conservation efforts were not done soon, it would lose more species.