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Conservation Partnership to restore Lot 7 of Kinabatangan Life Sanctuary, Sabah
Kinabatangan Corridor of Life or KCoL was identified as a Special Management Area under the Sabah Corridor Development blueprint document. The State Government has recognized the importance of managing the area in order to keep the area healthy for sustainable economic development as well as nature conservation. The objective of KCoL is to restore more than 270000ha of degraded forests.
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An MoU prepared by WWF Malaysia between Sabah Wildlife Dept., ISB, FOBISSEA and an NGO known as Mescot/KOPEL has been signed by all parties giving FOBISSEA Schools access to the area for the purpose of forest restoration. Fifteen plots have been made available in Lot 7 in Block A (see map) for phase one and a further fifteen will be available in Block B.
Restoration of this area will not only contribute directly to maintaining its biodiversity and the survival of such flagship species as orang utan and pygmy elephant, but will also help sustain the forest communities engaged in the forest restoration work and eco-tourism. The project is also of great significance in a global sense in that, comprising mixed dipterocarp and peat swamp forest; it has the greatest potential for carbon sequestration.
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Uplands plants 600 trees at FOBISSEA Forest Restoration site - Lot 7
Posted by Fobissea Eco Schools on August 12, 2011 at 2:42pm
June 2011 a small party of teachers and students visited the forest restoration site in Kinabatangan and with the help of the Mescot group together planted 600 trees in Plot One.
Congratulations Penang - 600 down and just 9400 to go to complete your hectare.
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ISB and Alice Smith plant 296 trees in Lot 7
Posted by Fobissea Eco Schools on August 12, 2011 at 2:30pm
June 22 - a small group of students and teachers from ISB joined forces with four eco reps from Alice Smith and planted 296 trees in plots two and three.
ISB has committed to restoring two hectares of Lot 7 and will fund the planting of 20,000 trees.…