Masyarakat di Sarikei didedahkan dengan usaha-usaha pemuliharaan biodiversiti yang dilaksanakan industri sawit Malaysia melalui MPOGCF bagi membuktikan pemeliharaan alam sekitar boleh berjalan seiring pembangunan ekonomi.
Sempena Karnival Agrikomoditi MADANI di Dewan Sentral, Sarikei pada 14 Ogos lalu, MPOGCF membentangkan pelbagai inisiatif pemuliharaan yang berteraskan empat fokus utama iaitu pemulihan hutan, pemuliharaan hidupan liar, amalan kelestarian serta penyelidikan dan kajian saintifik dalam lanskap kelapa sawit.
Sesi perkongsian itu disampaikan oleh Eksekutif Pemuliharaan dan Kemampanan MPOGCF, Dr. Nur Fatin Khodri.
Dalam majlis yang sama, Prof. Dr. Wong Sin Yeng dari Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) telah membentangkan tajuk Tumbuhan Tempatan (Native) dan Endemik di Sarikei, yang merupakan antara dapatan utama daripada kajian Forest Fragment Mosaics within Small-scale Oil Palm Plantations Function as Native Plant Species’ Refugia yang dijalankan di Ulu Sarikei.
Projek Kerjasama MPOGCF dan UNIMAS itu mendapati bahawa sebahagian spesies tumbuhan yang direkodkan merupakan spesies endemik yang hanya terdapat di kawasan Ulu Sarikei dan tidak tersebar secara meluas di lokasi lain. Penemuan ini membuktikan bahawa serpihan hutan dalam landskap ladang sawit berperanan sebagai habitat perlindungan penting yang menyokong kelangsungan biodiversiti tempatan.
Karnival Agrikomoditi MADANI dirasmikan Menteri Perladangan dan Komoditi, YB Datuk Seri Dr. Noraini Ahmad. Hadir sama, timbalan beliau yang juga Ahli Parlimen Sarikei, YB Dato’ Sri Huang Tiong Sii dan Ketua Setiausaha Kementerian Perladangan dan Komoditi merangkap Pengerusi MPOGCF, YBhg. Dato’ Yusran Shah Mohd. Yusof.
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The community in Sarikei was introduced to the biodiversity conservation efforts undertaken by the Malaysian palm oil industry through the Malaysian Palm Oil Green Conservation Foundation (MPOGCF), demonstrating that environmental conservation can go hand in hand with economic development.
During the Karnival Agrikomoditi MADANI held at Dewan Sentral, Sarikei, on 14 August, MPOGCF showcased a range of conservation initiatives centred on four key focus areas: forest restoration, wildlife conservation, sustainable practices, and scientific research within the oil palm landscape.
The sharing session was presented by MPOGCF Conservation and Sustainability Executive, Dr. Nur Fatin Khodri.
At the same event, Professor Dr. Wong Sin Yeng from Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) delivered a presentation titled Native and Endemic Plants of Sarikei, highlighting key findings from the study Forest Fragment Mosaics within Small-scale Oil Palm Plantations Function as Native Plant Species’ Refugia, which was conducted in Ulu Sarikei.
The collaborative project between MPOGCF and UNIMAS found that several of the recorded plant species are endemic, occurring only in the Ulu Sarikei area and not widely distributed elsewhere.
These findings demonstrate that forest fragments within oil palm plantation landscapes serve as important refuge habitats that support the survival and conservation of local biodiversity.
The Karnival Agrikomoditi MADANI was officiated by the Minister of Plantation and Commodities, YB Datuk Seri Dr. Noraini Ahmad. Also in attendance were the Deputy Minister, who is also the Member of Parliament for Sarikei, YB Dato’ Sri Huang Tiong Sii, and the Secretary-General of the Ministry of Plantation and Commodities, who also serves as Chairman of MPOGCF, YBhg. Dato’ Yusran Shah Mohd. Yusof.
