University rankings: a need for critical reflection - consider local need, political and society requirement and stability of the country. We do not want our local experts run away because cannot meet the ranking requirement and finally we do not serve our society and country. We are the world but we are not leading the world!!!

NUS and Nanyang Technological University’s rise in the rankings represents a potential reconfiguration of soft power in global terms. Singapore’s intellectuals within the universities have often looked elsewhere for inspiration: to the United Kingdom, China or the United States. In the future, Asia’s economic rise may result in a welcome redistribution of intellectual capital, with Asia resuming its position as a world centre of learning and Singapore serving as a key regional hub. - See more at: http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/sideviews/article/university-rankings-a-need-for-critical-reflection-philip-holden#sthash.WfJRAGVs.dpuf

not that easy to manage 75 years old nature based society in Malaysia. Malaysian Nature Society (MNS) will celebrate 75 years this year. Very serious discussion on the nature conservation issues and other environmental issues.. Luckily I am still yje vice president of the society and given tasks to look after environmental education division. hopefully many will support especially school children and university students.

Recycle to cycle: promoting cycle on UPM campus. not an easy one. It is a continuous effort. a consistence and persistence jobs. Not an easy task to change people habit.

Old thinking on tiger conservation still relevant: 1. Establishing dedicated Tiger Patrol Units on the ground to protect and monitor individual tigers that have been identified through surveys at the three priority areas (Belum-Temengor, Taman Negara, and Endau-Rompin). 2. Undertaking a comprehensive National Tiger Survey that will also increase the number of boots on the ground, and therefore increase tiger protection, throughout the Central Forest Spine (the remaining major forested landscapes in Peninsular Malaysia). 3. Strengthening the existing mechanism to review, better coordinate and monitor the implementation of the National Tiger Conservation Action Plan (NTCAP) and Central Forest Spine (CFS) Master Plan.

http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2014/09/16/Malayan-tigers-in-danger-of-becoming-extinct/

The Critical Status of the Malayan Tiger: scientists said research, politician said which one priority home for tiger or house for people, businessman said money first, ..... all have their own reasons BUT which one is the best for human kind, harmony and sustainability.

From studies conducted between 2010-2013 using camera traps under a standardised protocol at seven sites across three major tiger landscapes in Peninsular Malaysia, experts suggest that there may be 250-340 wild Malayan tigers left. The survey trend suggests that the current estimate may be less than the previous estimate of 500 tigers.

Genuine Indonesian kopi luwak is collected from the droppings of a wild cat-like animal called the luwak (the common palm civet, Paraxorus Hermaphroditus), a shy, solitary nocturnal forest animal that freely prowls nearby coffee plantations at night in the harvest season, eating the choicest ripe coffee cherries. It can't digest the stones – or coffee beans – of the cherry, so craps them out along with the rest of its droppings. The beans are collected by farm workers. Cleaned and washed, they have acquired a unique and highly prized taste from their passage through the luwak's digestive tract and the anal scent glands they use for marking their territory. Being wild, hard to collect, variable in age and quality, and very rare, kopi luwak is not a commercially viable crop, but just an interesting coffee curiosity

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2013/sep/13/civet-coffee-cut-the-crap

As I have said many times not easy to change people habit and encourage them to cycle on campus. This R2C a continuous campaign.