SFC supports programmes promoting biodiversity
KUCHING: As custodians of Totally Protected Areas ( TPAs), Sarawak Forestry Corporation (SFC) supports programmes and activities promoting biodiversity education and awareness.
Its chief executive officer Zolkifli Mohamad Aton said activities that bring attention to biodiversity conservation in the state play an important role in conservation efforts and ecotourism drive.
“We rely on our iconic species to attract and bring eco-tourism into the state,” he said at the closing ceremony of 8th International Bornean Frog Race 2019 held at Sarawak Islamic Information Centre here yesterday.
These include Orang Utan at Semenggoh Wildlife Centre, proboscis monkey at Bako National Park and Oriental-pied hornbill at Piasau Nature Reserve.
Zolkifli shared that there are 104 frog species documented in the TPA of western Sarawak at Kubah National Park, Bako National Park, Fairy Cave Nature Reserve and other sites.
He officially announced that SFC is a planning an upcoming
We rely on our iconic species to attract and bring ecotourism into the state.
night walk at Samajaya Nature Reserve.
Zulkifli thanked Universiti Malaysia Sarawak ( Unimas), Ministry of Tourism, Arts, Culture, Youth and Sports Sarawak, Ministry of Urban Development and Natural Resources, Ministry of Tourism and Culture Malaysia, Sarawak Timber Association, Sarawak Tourism Board, Shell, Sarawak Timber Industry Development Corporation, Harwood Timber Sdn Bhd and Dasanrama Sdn Bhd for supporting the event.
He also thanked Dr Jodi Rowley of the Australian Natural History Museum and Professor Dr Ibrahim Jaafar from Universiti Sains Malaysia for their involvement in the two- day event.
Participants and organisers criss- crossed four different sites namely Samajaya Nature Reserve, Kubah National Park, Matang Widlife Centre and Unimas campus in this annual race to promote awareness and education on amphibians and amphibians conservation around the world with special attention to Bornean frogs.
Zolkifli Mohamad Aton, Sarawak Forestry Corporation chief executive officer