The above event will be held at the New World Suite on the 28th August 2010 from 1:30-4:30pm.
This is the final part of the Natural Science Society’s “Conservation Awareness & Biodiversity Education Program 2010” jointly organised with the conservation department of the Sarawak Planted Forest and the Rotary Club of Bintulu, funded by a grant from CIMB Foundation.
Over 50 students from SMK Bintulu, Bandar and Kidurong have participated in this program which involved field trips to the Samarakan Training Center and Forest, attending lectures on topics relevant to conservation. The students utilise the knowledge they have gathered to do outreach projects such as talking to primary school students to tell them about conservation and biodiversity. The students have also carried out various conservation projects such as promoting the use of reuseable bags etc
This competition will see the team from each school giving a 30 minute presentation on Conservation and Biodiversity.
Program Summary as follows:
Time:
1.00pm: Arrival of participating teams
1:30pm: Arrival of guests
2:00pm: Welcoming Address by Organising Chairman
2:05pm: Speech by Special Guest
2:15pm: Competition begins.
4.00pm: Prize & Mementoes Presentation
4.30pm : Afternoon Tea
All members are welcome to support this event.
Monday, August 23, 2010
Friday, August 20, 2010
Cold Blood & Sharp Teeth: Crocodiles
Audience at the Crocodile Talk in UPM
Rob Stuebing talking on Crocodiles
Ann, Warden of Similajau National Park raising questions.Cold Blood and Sharp Teeth: Crocodiles by Rob Stuebing
Question for Rob Stuebing, do bones ingested by crocs harm them?
The Deputy Dean of UPM (Bintulu) presenting a memento to Rob Stuebing
The Deputy Dean of UPM(Bintulu) presenting a memento to Ms Monica Kusneti
Group photo with students from SMK Bintulu
Group photo with UPM students and organisersWe were very happy to welcome Mr. Rob Stuebing back to Bintulu on the 14th August 2010 to give us another excellent talk on Crocodiles, as well as his team from REA Kaltim, Kiki (Ms. Monica Kusneti)and Deni.The talk was held at the UPM(Bintulu) new lecture theater Dewan Kuliah 2, and was well attended by students/Interactors from SMK Bintulu and SMK Bandar as well as UPM students.
The Interactors were treated to a pre-lecture briefing on Conservation in Plantations, as part of their participation in the Natural Science Society's Conservation and Biodiversity Awareness Program 2010.
Mr. Stuebing gave an excellent talk which was both informative and entertaining, steming from his intimate knowledge of crocodiles and from the many years that he has worked with them.
The audience was mesmerized by his presentation and there were quite a few rounds of laughter too.
Many questions were raised after the talk, ranging from the best time to spot crocodiles in their natural surroundings, how to identify their genders and the mechanics of how crocodiles leap out of water.
Ms Monica Kusneti, conservation manager at REA Kaltim also gave a short talk on Reptiles Conservation at Lake Mesangat, an area rich with reptiles, in particular the false gharial. Yayasan Ulin(look for it on Facebook) has been set up to help manage the conservation area.
We would like to thank Rob, Kiki and Deni for visiting us and giving us the benefit of their knowledge and experience, and UPM(Bintulu) for hosting the event and all those who worked to make the event run so smoothly. Thank you all!
We look forward to Part 2 of Cold Blood and Sharp Teeth: SNAKES!....... coming soon!
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Natural Science Lecture
There will be a Natural Science Lecture on the 14th August 2010 from 8.00 to 10.00pm, at the University Putra Malaysia Bintulu Campus.
We have invited two international speakers for this event.
Mr. Rob Stuebing is a well known international expert in reptiles with many books and publications to his name and Ms. Monica Kusneti is the REA Conservation Manager in Kalimantan Timur.
Lecture Title 1: Cold Blood & Sharp Teeth: Crocodiles, Snakes & Other Good Friends.
Speaker: Mr. Rob Stuebing (Herpetologist)
Lecture Title 2: The Endangered Reptiles of Lake Mesangat
Speaker: Ms Monica Kusneti (REA Conservation Manager)
Admission to the lecture is free for members of the Natural Science Society.
We have invited two international speakers for this event.
Mr. Rob Stuebing is a well known international expert in reptiles with many books and publications to his name and Ms. Monica Kusneti is the REA Conservation Manager in Kalimantan Timur.
Lecture Title 1: Cold Blood & Sharp Teeth: Crocodiles, Snakes & Other Good Friends.
Speaker: Mr. Rob Stuebing (Herpetologist)
Lecture Title 2: The Endangered Reptiles of Lake Mesangat
Speaker: Ms Monica Kusneti (REA Conservation Manager)
Admission to the lecture is free for members of the Natural Science Society.
Thursday, July 1, 2010
CABEP 2010 (PART 2)
SJK Chung Hua students listening to Conservation Talk
The presenting team from SMK Bandar
Headmistress of SK Baru with SMK Bintulu Interactors at the Conservation Talk.
The SMK Bintulu presenting team.The second part of the CABEP is an outreach program whereby the Interactors who had taken part in the fieldtrips to Samarakan outreach to the community by giving presentations on conservation & biodiversity topics to younger students.
Interactors from SMK Bintulu and Bandar Bintulu conducted these outreach programs to primary school students at SK Baru and SJK Chung Hua (2) respectively on 21st and 29 June 2010.
SMK Bintulu had a team of 4 to do the presentation to a class of over 40 primary 6 students, covering topics on Water Conservation, Odonata, Plants and Animals.
A big thank you to Headmistress Puan Helen Chai for her strong support of this program.
SMK Bandar presented to 60 primary 6 students (15 selected from each of 4 classes), in Mandarin and English, on Water Conservation, Odonata and Plastics as well as showing some pretty pictures of what they had seen and photograph during their field trip to Samarakan earlier in the year. Reuseable bags were given away as prizes to students who could answer the questions after their talks.
Again a big thank you to the Principal and teachers of SJK Chung Hua for their support.
Interactors from SMK Bintulu and Bandar Bintulu conducted these outreach programs to primary school students at SK Baru and SJK Chung Hua (2) respectively on 21st and 29 June 2010.
SMK Bintulu had a team of 4 to do the presentation to a class of over 40 primary 6 students, covering topics on Water Conservation, Odonata, Plants and Animals.
A big thank you to Headmistress Puan Helen Chai for her strong support of this program.
SMK Bandar presented to 60 primary 6 students (15 selected from each of 4 classes), in Mandarin and English, on Water Conservation, Odonata and Plastics as well as showing some pretty pictures of what they had seen and photograph during their field trip to Samarakan earlier in the year. Reuseable bags were given away as prizes to students who could answer the questions after their talks.
Again a big thank you to the Principal and teachers of SJK Chung Hua for their support.
Friday, May 14, 2010
Lord Cranbrook's Lecture
Lord Cranbrook visited us on the 5th May 2010 and gave a lecture at UPM to an audience of over 150 people on "Conservation Issues In Tree Crop Plantation".
Calvin of Bintulu.org was present and wrote up a report @:
http://www.bintulu.org/news/2010/05/06/cranbrook-conservation-crucial-to-oil-palm-sustainability-and-prosperity.php
Calvin of Bintulu.org was present and wrote up a report @:
http://www.bintulu.org/news/2010/05/06/cranbrook-conservation-crucial-to-oil-palm-sustainability-and-prosperity.php
CABEP 2010 (3)
13 students and 4 teachers from SMK Kidurong, with 3 CIMB Shahida officers took part in the third CABEP at Samarakan on the 8-9th May 2010.
This group of students was the youngest of the 3 groups that has been through the program, with students from Form 2,3 and 5 and was again an all female team. They took to the program with great enthusiasm, asking many questions of the lecturers and were very energetic in the field.
After a short introduction on Conservation and Biodiversity, Mr. Benjamin Toh gave a very informative lecture on “Energy Conservation”, with many practical tips on how to reduce our electricity bill. Joanes gave an overview of the Sarawak Planted Forest project and “Plant Conservation”, Alex talked about what he does in “Animal Conservation”, Ollince on “Odonata”,Ann and Joslin from Sarawak Forestry Corporation(SFC) presented the flora and fauna that can be found at Similajau National Park and the role of the SFC. Mr. Tham again drove a long way from his base to Samarakan to talk about “Water Conservation In Agriculture & Forestry” on Sunday morning
The evening jungle walk was again a great success with sighting of a large owl at the beginning of the trip, a sleeping SpiderHunter and Kingfisher in the forest, some species of frogs, many different species of phasmids, spiders (one carrying a large egg case beneath it) and snails. We heard the flapping of birdwings from high in the jungle canopy and Alex apparently spotted a Slow Loris.
Unfazed by sun nor rain, a drizzling early Sunday morning did not deter these young girls from getting out of bed for birdwatching at 6.30am and they spotted egrets and kingfisher feeding at the lake with Jimmy and Joanes to guide them.
The rain stopped after breakfast and the students again had a great time catching dragonflies and damsel flies for identification under the guidance of our Odonata lady Ollince.
The students did a great presentation of what they have learnt from the program after lunch and awarded “Idols” status to Joanes and Alex and a “Sister” to Ollince, for their teaching and guidance in the program and for the wonderful work that they do as conservation officers. Some students expressed interest in taking up conservation work and forestry as their career in the future.
This brings to a close the first part of the CABEP 2010.
In the next part of the program, the students who have been to Samarakan will educate others about what they have learnt, with guidance of their teachers, Rotarians, members of the Natural Science Society and Sarawak Planted Forest Conservation Department.
Thanks again to everyone who made this program possible, organisers, sponsors, guest speakers, participants and the people who took care of us at Samarakan. We have learnt a great deal running this program and have enjoyed it too!
This group of students was the youngest of the 3 groups that has been through the program, with students from Form 2,3 and 5 and was again an all female team. They took to the program with great enthusiasm, asking many questions of the lecturers and were very energetic in the field.
After a short introduction on Conservation and Biodiversity, Mr. Benjamin Toh gave a very informative lecture on “Energy Conservation”, with many practical tips on how to reduce our electricity bill. Joanes gave an overview of the Sarawak Planted Forest project and “Plant Conservation”, Alex talked about what he does in “Animal Conservation”, Ollince on “Odonata”,Ann and Joslin from Sarawak Forestry Corporation(SFC) presented the flora and fauna that can be found at Similajau National Park and the role of the SFC. Mr. Tham again drove a long way from his base to Samarakan to talk about “Water Conservation In Agriculture & Forestry” on Sunday morning
The evening jungle walk was again a great success with sighting of a large owl at the beginning of the trip, a sleeping SpiderHunter and Kingfisher in the forest, some species of frogs, many different species of phasmids, spiders (one carrying a large egg case beneath it) and snails. We heard the flapping of birdwings from high in the jungle canopy and Alex apparently spotted a Slow Loris.
Unfazed by sun nor rain, a drizzling early Sunday morning did not deter these young girls from getting out of bed for birdwatching at 6.30am and they spotted egrets and kingfisher feeding at the lake with Jimmy and Joanes to guide them.
The rain stopped after breakfast and the students again had a great time catching dragonflies and damsel flies for identification under the guidance of our Odonata lady Ollince.
The students did a great presentation of what they have learnt from the program after lunch and awarded “Idols” status to Joanes and Alex and a “Sister” to Ollince, for their teaching and guidance in the program and for the wonderful work that they do as conservation officers. Some students expressed interest in taking up conservation work and forestry as their career in the future.
This brings to a close the first part of the CABEP 2010.
In the next part of the program, the students who have been to Samarakan will educate others about what they have learnt, with guidance of their teachers, Rotarians, members of the Natural Science Society and Sarawak Planted Forest Conservation Department.
Thanks again to everyone who made this program possible, organisers, sponsors, guest speakers, participants and the people who took care of us at Samarakan. We have learnt a great deal running this program and have enjoyed it too!
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