News of the Malaysia programme

Our first sightings in Brunei

02-Apr-2013

To protect and restore wetland areas of high biodiversity value in the lower Belait valley, Brunei Shell Petroleum and WI are working together to develop a Biodiversity Action Plan. In order to do this we first need to know what plants and animals are living in the area. Therefore we are carrying out biodiversity surveys focused on peat swamp and estuarine fishes, mammals, vegetation, reptiles and amphibians, birds, dragonflies and bats in the project area.

Coelognathus flavolineatus, photo by Ulmar Grafe

Field trip to Kuala Balai peat swamp kick starts Biodiversity Action Plan project in Brunei

31-Jan-2013

Brunei Shell Petroleum Company Sendirian Berhad (BSP) and Wetlands International (WI) Malaysia introduced the Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) project area to stakeholders by leading a visit to the Kuala Balai peat swamp in the morning of January the 31st 2013.

Dragonfly (Odanata) Study

14-Nov-2012

Dragonfly (Odanta) Study at Ayer Hitam Peatswamp forest in the state of Johor, Malaysia.

Brunei Shell Biodiversity Action Project - External Stakeholder Engagement workshop

22-Oct-2012

An External Stakeholder Engagement was held in Brunei on 17/10/2012 provide information to the various stakeholders who will be involved in someway in the development process of the Brunei Shell Biodiversity Action Project and to gain their support, contribution and commitment towards this project. 

Report on International Conference on Wetland Forest, Brunei

31-May-2012

The International Conference on Wetland Forest recently held in Brunei looked into various issues regarding the wetlands and came up with recommendations. 

The International Conference on Wetland Forests, Brunei (22-23 March 2012)

14-Mar-2012

Forest biodiversity – Towards a Green Economy

Wetlands International co-hosted an international conference to promote sustainable management of Brunei’s peat forests and mangrove forests on 22-23 March at Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam. The event was organised in cooperation with the Ministry of Industry and Primary Resources of Brunei Darussalam through the Forestry Department and was organised in conjunction with this year’sWorld Forestry Day celebrations on 21 March 2012. 

New figures: palm oil destroys Malaysia’s peatswamp forests faster than ever

23-Feb-2011

An increasing part of Malaysia’s palm oil is produced at the account of huge areas of tropical peatswamp forests. Especially in the Malaysian state of Sarawak, expansion of oil palm plantations may lead to the complete loss of these vast, unique forests by the end of this decade. This is shown by new figures from Wetlands International and Sarvision.

Expansion of oil palm plantations on Malaysian peatlands based on faulty science

10-Nov-2010

Kuala Lumpur - The Malaysian Palm Oil Board subsidises pseudo scientific research in a desperate effort to justify the destruction of around a million hectares of peatswamp rainforest areas for palm oil production.

Wetland loss mayor source of SE Asian climate emissions

04-Nov-2009

Greenhouse gas emissions due to the loss of peatsoils have rapidly increased in Southeast Asia in the last twenty years and now have reached a magnitude equal to 70% of all fossil fuel carbon dioxide emissions. This conclusion follows from the first ever inventory of peatland carbon emissions per country, as presented by Wetlands International in cooperation with Greifswald University at this week’s UN Climate Summit in Barcelona.

02-Mar-2009

 Thirty-seven  participants assembled in Miri, Sarawak, East Malaysia, for the AWC Waterbird Workshop, which was held from 27^th Feb to 1 Mar 2009. The participants came from Kalimantan, Java, Sumatra and Sulawesi in Indonesia, Sabah and Sarawak in Malaysia, Brunei and Holland, ensuring a good mix of backgrounds and experience. The workshop was funded by a grant from the Keidanren Nature Conservation Fund.