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National parks open on June 17

KUCHING: Fourteen national parks (NPs) in Sarawak will open to the public on June 17. According to State Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister, Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah, they are Kubah NP, Gunung Gading NP, Tanjung Datu NP, Santubong NP, Talang-Satang NP, Wind/Fairy Cave NP, Batang Ai NP, Samajaya NP, Maludam NP, Gunung Mulu NP, […]

Selected nature reserves to open starting Monday

KUCHING: The Sarawak Forestry Corporation (SFC) will be opening selected nature reserves (NR) to the public for jogging and walking starting Monday (June 8), following a decision made by the Sarawak Disaster Management Committee. The NRs are Sama Jaya Nature Reserve here, Bukit Lima Nature Reserve in Sibu), Piasau Nature Reserve in Miri and Bukit […]

Sun bear, green iguana surrendered to SFC

KUCHING: A two-week old male sun bear and a green iguana, both identified as protected species, were surrendered to the Sarawak Forestry Corporation (SFC) in Miri by two concerned citizens on Tuesday. The sun bear was surrendered by a man from Long Liwok, Sg Layun Ulu Baram. Before that, he approached Telang Usan assemblyman Dennis […]

Flying lemur video under probe

KUCHING: A video that showed what looked like a flying lemur at a residential area went viral on social media recently. In the one-minute-seventeen-second video, it looked like the animal was tied to a tree branch, and was making painful sounds as if it was struggling to escape. The video had been forwarded to the […]

Croc caught in Miri’s Marina Bay

MIRI: Acting on a tip-off from the public, a nine-foot male crocodile that was seen lurking in Marina Bay here was caught by Sarawak Forestry Corporation’s (SFC) Swift Wildlife Action Team (Swat) last Sunday. “Upon receiving a tip-off from the public on April 8, the SFC Swat team in Miri assisted by the Marina Bay […]

Heavy penalty for bear poachers

KUCHING: Poaching of endangered bears is strictly prohibited, the Sarawak Forestry Corporation (SFC) has stressed. “Anyone caught hunting or trading` any bear or animal parts, for whatever reason, will be severely punished,” SFC said in a statement yesterday. It was responding to recent news reports that China had approved the use of bear bile to […]

Protecting orangutans from virus

KUCHING: The Sarawak Forestry Corporation (SFC) has been taking proactive measures to protect orangutans at the Semenggoh Wildlife Centre here from the Covid-19 pandemic. “There is a lot to be done ― feeding, cleaning and everything in between,” it said on a Facebook post on Tuesday. SFC said that its main priority now is to […]

Giant reef manta ray’s death causes uproar

MIRI: Future Ocean Borneo founder Iqbal Abdollah has expressed his frustration after a group of fishermen decided to sell a giant reef manta ray—a protected species—instead of reporting their discovery to the relevant authorities. According to sources, the 800kg reef manta ray was believed to have been found yesterday by a group of fishermen from […]

SFC wants more Ramsar sites

SIBU: Sarawak Forestry Corporation hopes that the government will declare more land as Ramsar sites in the state. Its chief executive officer Zolkipli Mohamad Aton said in Sarawak, Kuching Wetland National Park was gazetted as a Ramsar site on Nov 8, 2005, and is the only Ramsar Convention Certified site in Sarawak, and the fifth […]

First coral seizure by GOF, SFC

KUCHING: The General Operations Force (GOF) 11th Battalion here seized nearly RM2.5 million worth of coral rocks at a premises in Kampung Pandan, Lundu on Friday. Its commanding officer Supt Rosdi Inai said the seizure was made during a raid jointly conducted with the Sarawak Forestry Corporation (SFC) during Ops Bersepadu Khazanah at around 11pm. […]