Sunday, April 28, 2019

Many ways to educate public. University's students must take a lead in changing public mind set. Plastic pollution was highlighted in 2918. BUT how fat Malaysian concern about plastic pollution, usage and management. We need plastic and plastic make our life easy BUT at the same time plastic caused hazards to living things and ecosystems. Therefore we need to manage the plastic pollution effectively..

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Malaysia still cannot bring together all states to have a uniform procedures and laws on nature including forest reserve and deforestation. Especially when EU pressure Malaysia on the palm oil..

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Oil spills issues in Johor water near Singapore is not new. Over 30 years a go similar cases happened. We need more integrated monitoring on ships passing Malaysian water including yhose waithing for services in Singapore at international waters. We need to tighten local and international laws too.

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One way of creating leaders is train them to think critically and ask questions. Our students now only like ti claps their hands and say yeahhh!!!!. About time we need to encourage students to speak and analyse facts and express it. I talk about express their interest and develop talents.

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Many similar cases like this. stop-work after nature already destrupted or destroyed. We need to protect before trees were cut and land were cleared. Many cases finally we lost nature and biodiversity without leaving behind the history.

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When we talk on conservation we need to understand the basic knowledge and reasons why we need conservation . Especially on fragmented forests, reserve forest, biodiversity and specific habitat or species.

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On conservation issue we talk a lot. how far public is responding need to be assessed. More aggressive actions need to taken. In this case of milky stork we need to highlight their habitat quality, Kuala Gula as Ramsar Site and public awareness.

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Monday, April 22, 2019

My Inaugural Lecture was on the Earth Day in 2011. Since then I gave talk on the environment and biodiversity issues. How far public (at least the academic community) recognised it still can be questioned. We need to have many professors talking about the same things to attract the attention of public including the politician.

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Sungai Buloh is one of the important cockles farming and birding areas in Selangor. Beside cocckles production this area attract a lort of tourists which encouraging economic development in the area. Unfortunately no cooperation within agencies especially to keep Sugnai Bulof clean.

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We need public support in conserving tiger. They are under threat by active poaching, deforestation and human conflicts. We need to more from education, monitoring and law enforcement. We need money. So we suggesting to public to have funds by donation to the programme Tabung Pemuliharaan Harimau (Tiger Conservation Fund).

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Love Minyak Sawit campaign is not enough if we are not tackling the right issues brought up by European Union (EU). The main issues are related to deforestation. We have to highlight the issues related to nature conservation and NGOs involve in the country. MNS is the one of NGOs that actively involve in education and campaign for nature conservation and no further deforestation.

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East Coast Rail Tract (ECRL) cannot run away from considering reserve forest to save wildlife ad avoid conflict with Central Forest Spine (CFS).

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Environmental Education is always important. MNS have its own history in EE. Many more agencies need to be involve in EE especially in conserving a specific areas for biodiversity protection.

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we need to have a regular talk and discussion on conservation of our rain forest. Many important reserve forest need to be protected. Ulu Muda Forest Complex, Belum-Temengor Forest Complex and Endau-Rompin Forest Complex are among important need to be protected.

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This forum actually to mobilise all related academy science fellows to reactivate their though on nature protection and conservation. Malaysia is top biodiversity country in the world definitely we cannot let or biodiversity left behind.

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We need to go back to academic and research and publication philosophy. knowledge is to improve society. Research to get more knowledge. Teaching students in the university is to develop their intellectualism not ton provide jobs for them. Industries should respect academic and respect knowledge. not just laborer and money.

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if you see this line up we definitely can predict about the logging activities. All are busy so no time for inspecting the forest. Logging continues.

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All conflicts. challenge number one in SDG (Sustainable Development Goal) is poverty. When we talk about poverty we cut forest to help the poor. All will support. What happened to the country now after 50% forests were cut. How many SDGs we solved?

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how far Malaysian are listening to the Prime Minister? Prime Minister said keep green for Kuala Lumpur, Government approve Development? Malaysian need to be educated on nature.

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Thursday, April 4, 2019

Sungai Buluh in Selangor popular with blood cockles and bird watching. All authorities must talk together on protecting cockles and birds. Their habitat must be fit for then to live and grow. Tourists for bird watching and fishing are not stress with bad smell and eating non-toxic blood cockles. Government agencies cannot be territorial and creating boarders among them, By the way we are under one government.

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The Government is still considering biodiversity is the important things to be protected and putting values on it. BUT too many scientists are talking on technologies and engineering. Less green sciences are expose to public and discussed. A bout time agencies like Academy Science Malaysia (ASM) look closely on this and NGO like MNS activarte the actions towards biodiversity conservation for better country. .

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Starting my life in April 2019 with UIAM in Kuantan. Talking about MNS and the important of monitoring, bio indicators and technologies. Younng lecturers, post graduates students are very excited with the exposures given to them.

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Important contribution by the Corporate Sector. Bringing experts, activists and the authority together for education, public awareness, recherche and conservation. In this case Pulau banding Foundation in conserving Belun Temenggor Forest Complex.

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This was Pulau Gula in Kuala Gula 4 years a go. Now it become abundant shrimp ponds. IIt is really disturbing and destroying habitat for birds in Kuala Gula. Birds count in Kuala Gila is reduces and may be soon it is not a good place for birds watching and may lost its status as Important Birds\ Area (IBA). IBA is recognised as important bird area by BirdLife International.

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Before it was thousands of standing mangrove trees.