The WWF-Malaysia Conservation’s three pillars (protect, produce, restore) under the Living Landscape Approach has done wonders for Sabah’s Forest restoration works towards conserving orang-utans
Published on: Sunday, January 17, 2021
By: Dr Robecca Jumin
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Presence of orang utan babies discovered in Ulu Segama that was gazetted by previous administration under Musa (mugshot).
ON 6 January 2021, Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin planted a Merbau tree in the grounds of his official residence, Seri Perdana – the first of the 100 million trees the government plans to plant between 2020-2025. To further boost the 100 Million Tree-Planting Campaign 2020 – 2025, Sabah Chief Minister, Datuk Seri Panglima Haji Hajiji Noor, announced that the state government, on its part, will plant 36 million trees in Sabah. This will include the development of forest plantations, rubber plantations, forest restoration as well as enrichment planting within forests.
Published on: Sunday, January 10, 2021
By: NST
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Orang-utans are seen feasting on wild fruits on top of a tree. (NSTP/courtesy of WWF-Malaysia)
LAHAD DATU: Years of collaborative reforestation efforts in Bukit Piton have borne fruitful results, as hundreds of orang-utans are now calling the area home.
According to a study by Alfred et. al. in 2010, Bukit Piton, previously known as North Ulu Segama, has approximately 300 orang-utans.
However, WWF-Malaysia head of conservation Sabah, Dr Robecca Jumin, said between the 1980s and 2007, the forest saw tremendous decline due to unsustainable logging practices and drought-induced forest fires.
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“The result was its vulnerability for conversion to agricultural lands, not unlike the areas that surround it.
KOTA KINABALU: The government s Green Malaysia campaign is the right move towards the nation s future sustainability, says WWF Malaysia.
The international conservation group added that the move is also in line with Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement, and congratulated the government for coming up with the Green Malaysia campaign. Above all, it is a positive sign that we are now putting nature first – nurturing and protecting it so that it may in turn nurture and protect us, said WWF Malaysia Sabah conservation head Dr Robecca Jumin on Friday (Jan 8).
She was commenting on Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin planting a Merbau tree in the Seri Perdana grounds to mark the launch of the 100mil Tree Planting Campaign 2020-2025.