Many are talking about smart classroom. What is smart classroom and what is that for. In lecture suppose to give lecture and lecturer must have good knowledge and experience through research. With internet and google, make teaching easier. all reeernces and evidence in the lecture can be shown on screen and students also can google and compare notes. skill of getting accurate information from internet is important.

Another pressure to the academician. Actualloy the publication is not the ultimate things. Quality graduates is more important for better quality, acceptable and employable graduates.

Collaborating with corporate something that we learn and collaborate to achieve our goal. Planters are directly dealing with conservation especially the wildlife. We need to work together They must do something and follow NGO advise Ths time MNS with Tradewinds on Johore forest and wildlife in particular gibbon and their cross bridge. to cross man made road separating their habitat..

MNS need to move forward talking and educating public to protect, conserve and manage nature. Remember Malaysia is top 12 mega biodiversity country in the world. Please help MNS and move together fo nature conservation

Simfoni Alam by RTM1 is good program talking about nature, conservation and related issues. BUT how many people are watching it?

Informal meeting on Education Science. How we are going to move forward and make science education in Malaysia better and competitive. There will be series of meeting will be held for better and effective actions.

All campus in Malaysia must plant trees. All students must plant trees before they graduate. OR may be when they are in the first year. They have to look after the trees until the final year. and may be come back to make sure the trees are growing well.

Conflicts in conservation. Which countries demand more birds for their pets. This will put pressure on conservation at the origin countries. More education, awareness and enforcement needed at all levels of population

This year on the volunteer day we collected 500 Kg of plastic bottles.We need to have it as a culture. eg every Saturday 10-12 is plastic collection day and no single use plastic campaign in UPM.

In 7 years recycle to cycle continue. we talked about plastic pollution since 2012 and promoting managing plastic pollution. until now whole world still talking about plastic pollution and looking for the best way to stop it. No way if we cannot discipline the people,

If we just exhibit one day it become rotten. We need money to do research for better understand on our history.

How far we are following SDG sustainable Development Goal 2030? We can talk and meetings and conferences BUT need effective actions. Time is limited. Development demand is faster than conservation demand. In many cases we can see conflicts in development and conservation. MNS need to be more aggressive promoting nature protection, conservation and managing them as needed. More experts needed and More NGO be together with MNS vision.

More activities such as planting mangrove seedling can educate public in biodiversity, climate change, pollution etc. But we need good strategies not just "TT, taman tinggal"

Do we need curriculum or just strengthen what we already have and improving the teachers teaching knowledge and approach. We cannot follow others bluntly because sometimes we are better and already in front in term of curriculum.

we are still primitive in practicing separating at source and recycling. We need to be more aggressive in educating public, develop awareness among public and make public practice. At the beginning will be very costly. I think they know but they are lazy to follow because not happen to them. I always say that changing culture start in the university.

poor bird. It is a protected birds by Malaysian Law and yet they are brethren by plastic pollution. We need to educate public quickly. No single use plastic, manage the plastic pollution and understand the plastic pollution.

Current and past presidents of MNS. They are great leaders in fighting for nature conservation. We need more leaders to come forward leading MNS. We need to strengthen Malayan nature Journal (MNJ) among the oldest nature base journal in the region.

MNS going to celebrate 80th anniversary next year 2020. Every month will be a busy month for all 14 branches all over the country.

Environment always becoming hot issues especially habitat encroachment, poaching, wrongly planned in development close to natural environment and rivers. MNS council meeting looking for solution to advice the authorities.

With current economic development and other pressures many companies cannot support research grants. May be they need to team up and pool the funds. OR give to NGO like MNS to coordinate research on nature related fields. MNS can involve university students who many of them are MNS members.

MNS is very lucky having members who are active in monitoring bird migration. We are assessing the IBA (Important Bird Areas) in Malaysia. There are 55 IBA need to be visited and reassess. Recently we were surprised with thousands of birds soaring in the sky. Many things in public mind when they saw thousands of birds circling in the sky. Now is the migration season. Birds escaping from their cold breeding season to the warmer southern hemisphere.

We cannot let the students look at the pictures alone when they learn about animal kingdom especially the big animals. We have to bring them to the zoo. Zoo need to engage more academician to help them in providing education materials. Zoo not just exhibiting animals bit education, conservation and research.

Every year we confer new Academy Science Malaysia Fellow. We recognised them as top scientists in the country or contributing a lot in science development. As I have said many times, about time we truly recognise them by documenting their contribution in science. either in printing form or digital form.

poaching still active in our forest. parts of Tiger, sun bear are common selling on te public market.

visit Matang Wildlife Centre for volunteering cleaning binturung cage. At the same time proposing future collaboration.

Another ceremonial. New Fellows of Academy Science Malaysia. We need more scientists, more researchers and more fellows. Science support economy of the country.

82 students and 6 Stafsf celebrating International volunteer day in Zoo Negara. We need more volunteers to support biodiversity conservation.

Another report in media Chinese Press on the confusion among public on the birds circling in the air. Usually during winter in the northern hemispheres migrate to south where the temperature warm. in 21th Century still some Malaysian cannot understand about four seasons and bird migration.

corporate sectors can choose one project with NGO such as MNS and sponsor it for the long time. they can assess the performance the outcomes of the projects.

Viral recently on thousands of birds sosring in the sky. This bird migrating south because of cold weather in their breeding place. BUT this Asian Open Bill Stork usually do not come to Peninsular Malaysia. Only lately in 2008 this bird can be seen in Peninsular Malaysia especially in Seberang Perai and Kedah.

Picture by Tan Choo Eng MNS

We need to help the government on wildlife conservation strategies. We need research, sharing knowledge, involve community and media for effective message delivery and public support.

When we talk on greening the environment or cleaning plastic pollution, we cannot talk in the lecture hall only BUT must be on the ground with the local community. Local community knowledge and awareness on coastal erosion, pollution and health is very important in order to get their support in managing plastic pollution and coastal ecosystem health.

Volunteering can be not just giving services to people or environment BUT we can enjoy holiday through volunteering activities too. Planting mangrove seedling and cleaning beaches are among simple volunteering activities, This trip through study tour by Ecocare Kertih Volunteers.

WE cannot wait until extinct to talk about conservation. research on biodiversity should be a continuous activities to understand on the status of animals, biology, ecology and threat on their habitat. Then from basic scientific knowledge on individual animal, we can advance research on technology and strategies for conservation

December, 5 is International volunteer Day. Sometimes we need to be volunteers NOT just work for pay. Beside that work load and KPI need to be considered. With new media work should be easy BUT if wrongly managed will create more work and time consuming.