The much maligned mangrove forest
DID you know that only five days ago, on July 26, was the International Day for the Celebration of Mangrove…
Browsing: Nature Matters
A multi-use timber source home grown in Sarawak
THINKING that I was up to date with metric measurements, I visited a building supplier in England last year and…
An agro-biodiversity project at its best – Kampung Sekuduk
IT was in 2004 and 2005 that I first was introduced to this integrated project whilst attending a school field…
Abahs, colugos, and dracos – natural forest gliders
JUST how many readers have ever heard of these three words let alone appreciate that they are animals that glide…
Bioremediation – Dealing with pollutants in the 21st century
BIOREMEDIATION has been defined as a process used for the treatment of contaminated material, to include water, soil and subsurface…
The Great Green Walls of our world
RECENTLY, the British Government through Defra (Department of The Environment, Fisheries and Agriculture) launched an initiative to give farming grants…
Rainforest gliders by day and night
IT was in 1962, as a member of a touring theatre group of young amateur actors that I visited West…
Castles in the air and optical effects
WHAT is a ‘Fata Morgana’? Those who watch the popular English TV program ‘Merlin’ may gather a clue! Morgana, in…