{"id":6083,"date":"2024-10-21T11:55:03","date_gmt":"2024-10-21T03:55:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klhappenings.com\/?p=6083"},"modified":"2024-10-21T11:55:05","modified_gmt":"2024-10-21T03:55:05","slug":"caring-for-our-forest-workshop-to-mark-world-habitat-day-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klhappenings.com\/?p=6083","title":{"rendered":"\u2018CARING FOR OUR FOREST\u2019 WORKSHOP\u00a0To Mark WORLD HABITAT DAY 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A joint \u2018green\u2019 effort by BOH Plantations and Tropical Rainforest Conservation and Research Centre<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

BOH Plantations Sdn Bhd (BOH) and theTropical Rainforest Conservation and Research Centre (TRCRC) hosted a workshop, \u2018Caring for Our Forest\u2019, in conjunction with World Habitat Day this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over 50 participants were hosted at the Elmina Rainforest Knowledge Centre for an insightful half-day workshop where they had an opportunity to sow the seeds of hope for a better tomorrow by doing their part to preserve Malaysia\u2019s national treasure – our tropical forests.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Participants all set to \u2018Care for Our Forest\u2019<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Participants all set to \u2018Care for Our Forest\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Participants learnt about TRCRC\u2019s core conservation work of safeguarding and nurturing native trees and how restoring degraded landscapes with native species is key to addressing the critical rate of biodiversity loss in Malaysia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Participants were also given a guided tour of the Elmina Living Collection Nursery. This is where seeds from endangered, rare and threatened plants are collected, germinated and planted on TRCRC\u2019s established sites to produce seeds and planting material for forest restoration projects.<\/p>\n\n\n

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TRCRC staff explaining about the plants at the Elmina Living Collection Nursery<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

TRCRC staff explaining about the plants at the Elmina Living Collection Nursery<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

All these efforts are aligned to TRCRC\u2019s two-fold mission to conserve tropical rainforest plant species and to lead landscape-wide protection and forest restoration projects. TRCRC\u2019s flagship projects are the Tropical Rainforest Living Collections in Merisuli, Sabah and Banun, Perak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At Elmina, TRCRC is dedicated to enhancing urban biodiversity through various initiatives. They focus on restoring degraded landscapes as well as areas near river banks in the Selangor and Kuala Lumpur regions. Their efforts aim to promote ecological resilience and functioning habitats for local wildlife.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTRCRC focuses on enhancing urban biodiversity by rewilding degraded lands in key urban areas identified through thorough site studies. Our approach emphasizes the principle of \u2018right species at the right places\u2019 to ensure successful planting and restoration,\u201d said Intan Syafiqah Mohd Hamezan, Project Executive of TRCRC.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Caring For Our Forest workshop was an opportunity to personally connect with urban biodiversity conservation efforts and saw participants getting first-hand experience in soil mixing and filling up polybags and transplanting seedlings into polybags.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Saiful Naim Abdul Hamin and Rabiatul Adawiyah Zakaria, spending time with their two boys, Adam Solihin, aged 10 and Alif Daniel, aged 8, at the workshop was a morning well spent. \u201cIt was such a wonderful opportunity to expose our boys to nature and give them a first hand experience on how they too can play a part to care for our forest. They really enjoyed themselves transplanting the seedlings and learnt so many new things about the forest,\u201d said Adawiyah.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Saiful (second from right) and Adawiyah (left) adding mulch to a plant together with their children,<\/em>
Alif (second from left) and Adam (right)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Saiful (second from right) and Adawiyah (left) adding mulch to a plant together with their children,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alif (second from left) and Adam (right)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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Participants are all smiles with their transplanted seedlings\u00a0<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Participants are all smiles with their transplanted seedlings <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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Participants were given a plant each to take home<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Participants were given a plant each to take home<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking at the event, Chen Chaw Chang, Chief Commercial Officer of BOH Plantations<\/strong>, said \u201c This joint effort by BOH and TRCRC is an extension of on-going initiatives to further enhance urban biodiversity and support sustainability efforts. The aim is to brew a better tomorrow for Mother Earth. These efforts reflect BOH\u2019s brand direction where we are guided to be future thinking, mindful to nurture sustainabiliTEA <\/em>and the connection with and between our communiTEA<\/em> and always, Brewing for Tomorrow. \u201cThrough the BOH Wish Tree initiative at BOH\u2019s recent 95th<\/sup> anniversary celebration, we donated RM 20,000 to TRCRC to fund the collection of 500 new seedlings to be nurtured for future tree planting exercises to enhance urban biodiversity,\u201d he added.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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