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Firefighters come to trapped hornbill’s aid

MIRI: Firefighters on Wednesday (July 7) rescued an oriental pied hornbill trapped inside an old jar at the Sarawak Teachers Training Institute here. It is understood that the bird had been trapped for nearly four weeks before emergency services came to the rescue. According to the building’s janitor, known only as Saidi, the protected bird […]

SWAT catches Bujang Satok

KUCHING: An 11-foot crocodile named ‘Bujang Satok’ was captured by the Sarawak Forestry Corporation’s (SFC) Swift Wildlife Action Team (SWAT) on Monday (July 5). A spokesman from the corporation said the reptile was caught at the banks of Sarawak River in Satok. “The crocodile was baited with food and entered a trap which was installed […]

Forestry Corporation, Orangutan Project renew collaboration

KUCHING: Sarawak Forestry Corporation (SFC) has inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Orangutan Project Sdn Bhd (OPSB) to renew their long-term collaboration. SFC stated that the MOU is said to promote conservation, ecotourism and a volunteer programme at Matang Wildlife Centre. Over the 15 years of collaboration, there had been several successful collaborative projects […]

Research and development vital to address implementation gaps

MIRI: Research and development (R&D), collaboration, and knowledge sharing are vital to support the effective development of industrial forest plantations. Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg said R&D was one of the key initiatives to address gaps in the implementation of industrial forest plantations — which included a lack in availability of high-quality […]

Sarawak mulls forestry research hub

MIRI: The state government is looking at establishing a forestry research hub in collaboration with two local universities — Universiti Putra Malaysia Bintulu Campus and University College of Technology Sarawak (UCTS). “We propose that these two universities become a research hub for forestry in Sarawak as they have the expertise and facilities,” said Chief Minister […]

Rare experience of seeing bleeding tree at Sarawak’s Urban Forest Night Walk

KUCHING: Seeing a tree that bleeds when cut will be one of the unique experiences at the Urban Forest Night Walk, the latest eco-tourism product that has been launched here, as Sarawak continues to adopt promotional approaches to lure back tourists to the state. The bleeding tree, according to Sarawak Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister […]