January 2022

What Are the Tropics If Not Naturally Diverse?

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DESCRIPTIONS OF NATURE in the tropics once employed expressions such as luxuriant, verdant or lush. As technical terminology became the vogue, our ability to im...

Penang’s Biodiversity in Numbers

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Biosphere ReservesON SEPTEMBER 15, 2021, Penang Hill was designated a Biosphere Reserve (BR) under Unesco’s Man and the Biosphere Programme. This is the state’s...

Ng Kar Yong

Datuk Seri Lim Chong Keat – Relentless Champion of Penang’s Botanical Heritage

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DATUK SERI LIM Chong Keat, renown retired architectcum- urban designer, was involved in the design and construction of the Kompleks Tunku Abdul Rahman (or KOMTA...

Events

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EXHIBITIONLooking for Meaningful Connection is a solo exhibition by Queen Lee, a Penang-born visual artist. The introspective exhibition features meditative wat...

Penang’s Gorgeous Mangrove Ecosystems under Threat

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THE COASTLINE HEADING towards Balik Pulau is fortunately lined with mangroves. This salt-tolerant plant species described as halophytes, thrives in Penang's int...

Dr. Shuhaida Shuib (School of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia)

Langurs: Primates on the Brink of Extinction

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ART CURATION IS not always only about aesthetic sense. Every now and then, mere visual appreciation is merged with, even submerged in, other much more pressing...

Mushrooms! Photo Evidence of Penang’s Biodiversity

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BEFORE I STARTED hiking during the lockdowns, I had only ever thought of mushrooms as those found in supermarkets, either fresh or dried. But they are now my fa...

Penang’s Rich Nature is Free for All to Perceive – and Preserve

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MODERN HUMANS ARE very guilty of taking Mother Nature and her offerings of ecosystem services for granted. Industrialisation and urbanisation, despite having gi...

Dr. Ng Shin Wei

Using USM as a Garden for Studying Nature

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UNIVERSITI SAINS MALAYSIA (USM) introduced in 2001-2002 the concept of "University in the Garden" to explore the mutual cohabitation between humans and the camp...

Noor Adelyna Mohammed Akib (Centre for Global Sustainability Studies, Universiti Sains Malaysia)