A recent clean-up in Pulau Redang reveals a massive amount of discarded fishing gear and plastic waste. If no action is taken, these non-biodegradable materials will remain in the ocean for centuries.
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.