Time: 7:00am - 2:30pm
Location: Raja Musa Forest Reserve, Near Kuala Selangor
Organizing Chairperson: Leo Soh Keck Seng
No. of Participants: 25 Monash University Leo Club, Malaysia Members and 2 Alumni
Background:
The Raja Musa Forest Reserve Rehabilitation Programme is a collaborative effort between the Selangor Forestry Department (Selangor FD) and Global Environment Centre (GEC) funded by HSBC Bank Malaysia Berhad.
The Global Environment Centre (GEC) is a non-profit organisation, established in 1998 to address key environmental issues of global importance – such as climate change, biodiversity and water resources. GEC is based in Malaysia but supports activities worldwide. Its key approach is to bring together multi-stakeholder partnerships involving communities, government agencies, private sector and others to address common environmental challenges.
Objectives:
· - To
raise awareness on preserving the environment and to tackle environmental
issues such as global warming
· - Gain
practical experience on replanting trees in peat swamp forest, which had
previously undergone deforestation and requires remediation.
Leo Club Monash University Members gathered at the foyer and departed on time to Raja Musa Forest Reserve where we drove in 6 cars. We arrive for registration and members were given bread and water and a briefing on the forest reserve and instructions were given on how to plant the seedlings.
The tree planting started at 10:00am straight after the briefing. The members were put into 4 groups and were allocated a lane each which consisted about 30+ trees. Planting the trees involved digging holes, placing the seedlings in and placing the designated markers in and filling back the hole to make sure the plant is secure. The terrain was quite different then what we had expected as there were many branches and small streams which we had to cross. Leos managed to plant over 210 trees.
At the end of activity, Leos departed back to Sunway for lunch and fellowship among the members.
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