ISB Signs Conservation MoU

Bandar Seri Begawan - Sukan, Sabah, Malaysia - A Memorandum of Understanding between Red Ape Encounters (RAE), a community-based Orang-utan ecotourism project and the International School of Brunei (ISB) was signed on April 14 here, a press release said.

The ceremony was witnessed by village head, representative from Sabah Wildlife Department, and staff of ISB and RAE.

In the MoU, ISB donated RM18,000 to support a one hectare reforestation site on a land near the wildlife sanctuary.

The reforestation initiative called "1200 Trees Project" is in collaboration with RAE.

"We at ISB are very enthusiastic about this. This is part of our Million Trees Project, which involves schools and enterprises from all over the world.

It gives the students an opportunity to take part in the conservation of forest at the same time as learning the threats to wildlife such as the Orangutan and pygmy elephants", said David Taylor, ISB Director

He was accompanied by a senior management team and students to undertake the ground breaking site near Sukau in the Lower Kinabatangan basin.

During the trek to the site, the party observed a 15-year-old orang utan. Jalina with her two-year-old infant.

ISB has been given permission by the Kinabatangan Orangutan Conservation Society to name the baby -Juta" in honour of the Million Trees Project.

Sandin Lias, RAE managing director, thanked ISB for its efforts in supporting the community based eco-tourism enterprise and the conservation of orang-utans in the lower Kinabatangan floodplain.

ISB will be bringing groups of students to Sukau throughout the year for this project.

The trees planted in the area are native species, which are food source for the orang-utans and birds.

The lower Kinabatangan comprises, of ten fragmented lots of forest, which forms the wildlife sanctuary under the Sabah Wildlife Department's jurisdiction.

The Kinabatangan venture is one of the projects ISB is supporting as part of the Million Trees Project launched by Nobel Peace prize winner Wangari Maathai in March.

Other projects include the ISB tree nursery, tree planting for schools in tsunami devastated Aceh, school and municipal tree planting in Kota Kinabalu.

Schools or other enterprises wishing to donate to or be involved in tree planting projects for biodiversity reasons or carbon offset should contact ISB on enquiries@isb.edu.bn. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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