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Japan, Indonesia Zoos Team Up To Breed Endangered Orangutan
11+ hour, 59+ min ago (242+ words) MATSUYAMA (Japan), April 4 (Bernama-Kyodo) -- A zoo in western Japan aims to breed endangered orangutans by pairing a male at the zoo with a female from an Indonesian zoo under a rare wildlife conservation agreement, Kyodo News reported." Hayato, a 15-year-old…...
Nine FCC Projects Endorsed To Raise RM30.2 Mln, Boost Forest Conservation Efforts
5+ day, 6+ hour ago (231+ words) SHAH ALAM, March 30(Bernama) -- A total of nine conservation projects from 29 applications under the Forest Conservation Certificate (FCC) have been reviewed and endorsed by anindependent Advisory Committee for fundraising as the nation works to close its RM1.4 billion funding gap. He…...
Oil Palm Plantations Serve As Important Corridors For Safe Wildlife Movement - MPOGCF
1+ week, 2+ day ago (390+ words) KUALA LUMPUR, March 26 (Bernama) -- Forest edges within oil palm plantations are not merely transitional zones, but function as important ecological corridors that enable wildlife to move safely between forest reserves and surrounding landscapes, according to a recent study. The Malaysian…...
International Forest Day 2026: Logging Quotas Reduced For Sustainability - Arthur
2+ week, 8+ hour ago (501+ words) PUTRAJAYA, March 21 (Bernama) -- The government continues to strengthen its commitment to Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) by setting the Annual Allowable Cut (CTT) in Permanent Reserved Forests (HSK) for the 13th Malaysia Plan (MP13) at an area of 890,000 hectares (ha), compared to 1,165,300 ha…...
VM2026 Mascot Role 'Lifeline' For The Sun Bear
2+ week, 2+ day ago (706+ words) By Abdul Rahman Fahmi Abdul Aziz KUALA LUMPUR, March 19 (Bernama) -- Across airports, digital billboards and tourist hotspots nationwide, the grinning faces of "Wira" and "Manja", the official mascots for Visit Malaysia 2026 (VM2026), enthusiastically welcomed the world as the vibrant new faces…...
Former Teacher Finds Success In Swiftlet Nest Farming
2+ week, 5+ day ago (1089+ words) What began as a simple curiosity about the value of edible bird's nest has turned into a lucrative source of income for former teacher Hadi Salleh, who now earns a substantial living from selling the nests of wild swiftlets. Involved…...
- Stamp, Camera Collector Hopes Family Will Preserve His Prized Collections
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Stamp, Camera Collector Hopes Family Will Preserve His Prized Collections
3+ week, 13+ hour ago (653+ words) At 83, Wang Foong Seek hopes that the stamp and camera collections he has carefully built since his teenage years will one day be inherited by his children or grandchildren. "If not, I will donate the collections to a museum or…...
Survey: World's Lakes Threatened By Large Animal Invasion
3+ week, 6+ day ago (316+ words) BERLIN, March 8 (Bernama-dpa) " The world's freshwater lakes are under increasing threat by the proliferation of dozens of invasive species of large animals, according to the first-ever global assessment, the German Press Agency (dpa) reported. From hippos in Colombia to spectacled…...
Public Advised Against Touching Jellyfish Washed Up On Beaches
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (330+ words) KUALA NERUS, Feb 18 (Bernama) -- The public has been advised not to touch venomous jellyfish washed up on several beaches across Terengganu. Senior lecturer at the Faculty of Science and Marine Environment, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT), Dr Rosmawati Md Amin, said…...