Awang Tengah: One million ha protected forests by 2020
KUCHING: The state has targeted to turn some one million hectares (ha) of its natural forest by the year 2020…
Browsing: Sarawak
Area near Sibu Laut new Ramsar site?
KUCHING: An area at Sibu Laut near here will be gazetted as the new Ramsar site replacing the 3,000 acres…
Mangroves make wetland conservation important
KUCHING: The conservation of wetlands in the state will be a continuous effort as the state upped its ante on…
‘Land encroachment happened outside national park’
KUCHING: Preliminary investigations of alleged land encroachment and tree felling at Kubah National Park near here have found that the…
Taib: Turn Sarikei, Bintangor into green baskets
KUCHING: Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud said Sarikei and Bintangor should be converted into ‘green basket’ areas and have their…
Bio-Borneo now an annual event — Fadillah
KUCHING: The inaugural Bio-Borneo, a programme aimed at further exploring the bioeconomy of Borneo, will now be an annual event,…
‘Preserve and commercialise age-old knowledge’
KUCHING: Communities involved in the Traditional Knowledge (TK) Documentation Project carried out by Sarawak Biodiversity Centre (SBC) hope that the…
MyIPO approves registration of two intellectual properties
KUCHING: Malaysian Intellectual Property Organisation (MyIPO) yesterday handed over two intellectual properties for Sarawak to Chief Minister Pehin Sri Abdul…