Bird watching by crazy people. Good weather, good lighting, thousands of birds and easy access the birders just focus on birds even though the river is smelly destroying birds habitat or feeding ground during low tide here at Sungai Buluh, Selangor. Some thing need to be done immediately to improve tourism, cockles farming and habitat for coastal birds especially migratory shore birds.

Time is running out. We are competing with greedy business man. they are emerging, growing or generations continues parallel with the politician strategies for easy money from the natural resources. Need agreessive education and research to get support from public and voters. NGOs like MNS must be stronger.

Who ruled the country. We cannot be cheated al the time. No point fighting for nature protection and conservation if all the discussion is after event. after all the trees were cut or all wildlife are gone.

Malaysia is not behind in promoting nature conservation and bringing all stake holders together in protecting nature and conservation. Especially Malaysia is one of the top mega-biodiversity country in the world. Other countries is learning from us. BUT we dont learn from US

We must understand clearly of what we are saying or fighting for. EU do not buy palm oil from Malaysia because of deforestation. The government must talk along with the real issues. Wold with NGOs who against the deforestation and consult the right person.I think business cannot blur the politician and the politician need to consult the academician who do not have interest in business and politics. Some NGO also have interest in politic and business BUT academician in NGOs probably can be trusted.

Green building. cool, bright and environmental friendly. BUT why lights are on? Some time we want, we think and we do it. We are happy to have one green building. How fare we are green? or we want to be green.

Nice to see high rise building in Kuala Lumpur. But we will see many motor vehicles too. These will cause traffic jams, high temperature and green house gasses. KL sentral may be crowded therefore we need green areas. Areas such Taman Tugu, Lakes garden and Federal Hill must be protected and conserved as it is so that we have enough green to buffer the human activities that caused imbalance in micro climate of Kuala Lumpur.

The launching of JSPS alumni is another new steps to enhance the collaboration between Japanese and Malaysian Scientists. Many JSPS active participants are retired. By having alumni, networking between retired Japanese and Malaysian counterpart can be continued. Hopefully the committee appointed are truly active in JSPS activities and can bring better achievement for Malaysia especially the young generation.

If we really want to protect and conserve tiger, more aggressive actions need to be taken. Involve more NGOs and government agencies. We cannot work in silo.

Big challenge for Malaysia to save tiger. we need to face many things such as law s and enforcement, public education and awareness, illegal and legal logging, basic knowledge on tiger, habitat and conservation, aggressive poaching activities and cooperation between government agencies,.

May be 5 years is not enough to promote urban agriculture and the sustainability. We need to work harder and continuous with new technologies. Who is serious going to support this initiative. We started in 2012 in designing for cheap, easy and practical to practice in urban agriculture in front of your living room at hole or behind of your kitchen.

This is another important thing need to look at (GEF) a special grant that can help researchers and need to be coordinated. Biodiversity is another important approach.

I think this is my another success projects in my long term collaboration with japanese scientists.May be this can be recognised as part of look east policy and malaysia-japan technical collaboration. Javanese medaka can go far in science. I hope young scientists from KU and UPM will continue this for the future science.

We need to think hard how to help farmers in the north managing their open burning of padi straw. People less complain if not threaten their life. BUT how far pollution caused by this open burning threatening public health

many years a go I proposed at least 5 professors supervise one parliamentary constituency. many problems can be solved especially things related to the living of the society. I have involved in 16 locations helping communities on clean water issues under Petronas-MNS projects.In my involvement we can see many problems are basic and lack of creativity and innovations.Professors in the universities should involve with the communities..

In Malaysia this kind of project will not be entertain, a typical developing country. This behaviour stress and adaptation of primate in human ecosystems are important areas. Their intelligence also important to be explored. Malaysian panels must think far beyond the need of developing country.

Plastic pollution, still confusion and lack of understanding.

Not many want to be a true field biologist. May be many want to react like a celebrities. We need more biologist such as study on raptors.

Celebration Raptor Watch not just a celebration BUT educating public and the authorities.

 

Everybody need to contribute to Raptor conservation. This sensitive birds need attention of all public and government.

Posters exhibitions as part of Raptor Watch celebration and promotion to UPM students.

We need to join all three Ramsar Sites and declare all triangle areas Pulau Kukup, Tanjung Pia and Sungai Pulai as Ramsar Sites.

An Opportunity for UPM to collaborate with MNS especially on students volunteers.

When we are talking about volunteerism, entrepreneurship and science, technology and innovation. Malayan Nature Society (MNS) may be can help the university's students.

Among challenges in New Government. Look back on rubber, oil palm, cocoa, rice, tobacco, kenaf, coconuts, pineaples, etc. what went wrong and what are the improvement. we still need dynamic positive thinking and research.

More monitoring and public involvement needed to protect and conserve Tapir. How many people cares about Tapir. It is Tapir Malaya (Tapirus indicus), our tapir.

Intelectual approach is better and more effective when we want to change peoples mind. So better we involve the universities. In this case we talk on green campus.

Sometime we need to bring an internationals NGOs to work together with us and sharing experience and knowledge. Recently MNS organise workshop in conjunction with World Wetland Day. Elevent NGOs from 11 countries participating in the workshop.

We need more celebrities to promote nature conservation. Involvement from palace may push more towards nature education, promotion and conservation.