Kota Kinabalu: Yayasan Sabah Group (YSG) signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with the Sabah Forestry Department (SFD) and Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) on the Bioprospect Project and Development of Wild Fungi, Wild Ginger and Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (TUB) at the Sabah International Convention Centre (SICC), here, Tuesday.
Kota Kinabalu: DaMaL Rainforest Landscape (DRL), Malaysia’s largest conservation area, would have become Sabah’s second World Heritage Site, after the Kinabalu Park, and Malaysia’s fifth, if not because of the jurisdiction over land and forest matters.
DaMaL stands for Danum Valley, Maliau Basin and Imbak Canyon conservation area.
FOLLOWING my last Sunday’s article in which I mentioned that Sabah is in great need of elite officers, I have had some chats with friends and concerned Sabahans on the subject. All, without exception, agreed that there is a great need of such a corps of elite officers. A few reasons have been given, the most important of which are the followings.
Kota Kinabalu: Poaching is still happening in Yayasan Sabah’s conservation area but not as frequent due to efforts by government agencies and the use of communication technology.
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