Trienekens Join Forces with MNS and SFC to Preserve Park

Monday, 13/10/2008, Kuching

CYCLE OF LIFE: Rebecca D’Cruz from MNS explaining to Trienekens staff on how to monitor and record the reserve’s biodiversity

Every city in the world would have at least one forest reserve located in the middle of its metropolitan jungle. New York would have its Central Park. Kuala Lumpur would have its Bukit Nanas Forest Reserve. Kuching? Well, it would have to be Sama Jaya Nature Reserve Park.

Considered as home to tree species particularly from the kerangas forest, various types of plants, insects, animals and birds, the green sanctuary covers about 38 hectares and is Sarawak’s first multi-purpose urban forest park and it is currently managed by Sarawak Forestry Corporation.

Realising its importance as the green lung in the city, a group of Trienekens staff made a trip to the reserve last Saturday to participate in one of the series of conservation activities lined out by both SFC and Malaysia Nature Society (MNS) to restore and preserve the habitats in the nature reserve under its Trees for Life Community Project.

GREEN VOLUNTEERS: Some of Trienekens staff taking part as volunteers under the project.

According to MNS, the year long community project calls for the participation of individuals, communities and organizations alike to work together as friends to maintain and conserve the park.

“Today we venture out of our usual routine to do more for the environment by doing joining forces with MNS and SFC to preserve this reserve. To have a forest sanctuary in a city is important because we need to always strike a good balance between development and environmental sustainability. It’s also a wonderful place for city residents to appreciate and enjoy nature in its true form,” said Alice Lee, Trienekens’ HR and Projects Director.

The team was later divided into different groups and proceeded with the activities such as tree planting, hut painting, biodiversity monitoring and recording and weeding at the Japanese garden as well as the ethnobotanical garden. The biodiversity monitoring is essential to ensure the park’s ecology remains functional and the habitats are protected from external threats as pollution and littering.

LEAVES FOR HUT: One of Trienekens staff painting at one of the reserve’s rest huts.

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For information:
Janet J. Balong
Public Relations Department
Tel 082-610700 ext 211 or email: janet.balong@trienekens.com.my