Ecotoxicology Lecture

Please read these two books, so that you can understand better what is ecotoxicology and the danger of man made chemicals.
More on ecotoxicology go to Friday January 8, 2010 in this blog.

Malaysia for ALL

This picture taken by E90NOKIA some where in Subang Jaya during Gong Xi Fa Cai celebration.

Leadership Types & Qualities

Leadership:
Lets look at these three points;
1. Leadership has been described as the “process of social influence in which one person can enlist the aid and support of others in the accomplishment of a common task".
2. "Leadership is ultimately about creating a way for people to contribute to making something extraordinary happen."
3."effective leadership is the ability to successfully integrate and maximize available resources within the internal and external environment for the attainment of organizational or societal goals."

Perhaps we can use the above three statements to help us when we are in leading position. There many more views on leadership. Look at what Sun Tzu had said about leadership: "Leadership is a matter of intelligence, trustworthiness, humaneness, courage, and discipline . . . Reliance on intelligence alone results in rebelliousness. Exercise of humaneness alone results in weakness. Fixation on trust results in folly. Dependence on the strength of courage results in violence. Excessive discipline and sternness in command result in cruelty. When one has all five virtues together, each appropriate to its function, then one can be a leader".

Below are few more statements on leaderships. May be we can use them:
1. Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision and relentlessly drive it to completion.
2. A leader must be able to communicate his or her vision in terms that cause followers to buy into it. He or she must communicate clearly and passionately, as passion is contagious.
3. A good leader must have the discipline to work toward his or her vision single-mindedly, as well as to direct his or her actions and those of the team toward the goal. A leader always doing something in pursuit of the vision, inspiring others to do the same.

Here are top ten leadership qualities:
1. Integrity.
2. Honest.
3. Dedication.
4. Giving credit where it is due.
5. A humble leader.
6. Openness.
7. Creativity.
8. Fairness means.
9. Assertiveness (is not the same as aggressiveness).
10. A sense of humor.

Look at us. Are we message delivery or leading to discovery?

Environment Related Day If We Like to Organise or Participate

If we care on environment may be we can do this:

February:
World Wetlands Day 2 February
Working Place Cleanup Day 27th February

March:
Ground Water Awareness Week March 8-14
Raptor Watch at Tanjung Tuan 13-14 March
Forestry Day 21st March
World Day for Water 22nd March

April:
Earth Day April 22nd

May:
International Biodiversity Day 22nd May
World Turtle Day May 23th

June:
World Environment Day 5th June
World Oceans Day June 8th

July:
National Tree Day 2nd August

August:

National Science Week

September:

Biodiversity month - all September
National Threatened Species Day September 7th
World Water Monitoring Day September 18th

October:
Energy Awareness Month - All October
World Animal Day - October 4th
World Habitat Day -October 2nd

November:
World Fisheries Day -21st November

December:
International Volunteer Day on Environment -5th December

Future Collaboration beyond the JSPS “Coastal Marine Sciences” program in Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo

Professor Dr. Miyazaki, Center for International Cooperation, Research Planning Division & JSPS POME Project Leader, Professor Dr. Ahmad Ismail, Department Of Biology, UPM, Professor Dr. Mitsuo Uematsu, Research Cooperation Division, Center for International Cooperation and Group discussion for activities beyond 2010: Round table discussion and Japanese-Asian group discussion

1. After JSPS 2010 probably new approach of research collaboration between Japan and Asian Countries or Asian and Asian Countries bilateral cooperation.
2. Each country should look in to new research grants to support research. If necessary develop a new project and collaboration between bordering countries.
3. New focus; ecosystem approach, food security and pollution or environmental changes including climate changes and global warming.
4. New approach of activities; training through research (TTR) and field and laboratory technical training (TT).
5. Environmental education and sociological approaches for public awareness related to marine coastal environmental conservation and sustainability


Since UPM already established MoU with ORI, The Tokyo University, We can propose new proposal to meet new JSPS requirement.

Peluang Memimpin

Gambar dari Warga FS

Pelajar Jabatan Biologi berpeluang belajar memimpin di Fakulti Sains untuk bersama memacu kecemerlangan dan kekuatan alumni di masa hadapan. Apakah harapan generasi sekarang untuk Malaysia akan datang? Sejauh mana keharmonian dan kesejahteraan sekarang dapat dikekalkan?. Sejauh mana generasi sekarang dapat memimpin generasi akan datang terus bertolak ansur menuju kecemerlangan Malaysia? Sejauh mana tradisi kepimpinan sekarang dapat bertahan dengan semangat kumpulan minoriti yang hanya mahu diterima tetapi tidak mahu menerima atau bercita-cita menakluki semua?. Perkara ini harus difikir secara serius dan proaktif berdasarkan sejarah dan senario semasa. Sudah tentu kepimpinan masa hadapan lebih mencabar dan global. Generasi sekarang mesti melengkapkan diri dengan ilmu, kemahiran, keberanian, kekuatan, keimanan, srategi dan mempunyai kualiti kepimpinan masa hadapan serta sentiasa bersedia menghadapi realiti. Kepimpinan sekarang pula mesti mempunyai wawasan dan tidak meruntun seluruh orang dibawahnya jatuh, rebah dan merangkak mengikut kualiti mereka yang terkebelakang dan penuh khayalan yang tidak menentu.

Ikrar Memacu Kecemerlangan