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KOTA KINABALU: State Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister
Datuk Masidi Manjun has applauded the continuous collaboration between
Yayasan Sabah and Danish-based NEPCon for the management of the
Maliau Basin Conservation Area (MBCA) for the next 10 years.
"Such collaborations between two countries are most
welcome, especially between developed countries and developing
countries, like Malaysia.
"It is in the world's interests that we cooperate in preserving rainforests and our natural environment."
Masidi was speaking at the signing of a memorandum of
understanding between Yayasan Sabah and NEPCon, which is a non-profit
organisation in Denmark, on the revision of the MBCA Management Plan
2014 to 2023, here.
He said NEPCon, on behalf of the Danish government, had
undertaken the responsibility of collaborating with the state in the
preparation of the management plan 10 years ago.
"This time, they took their own initiative, in support of
Yayasan Sabah, to raise funding to review the MBCA management plan,
which expired last year.
"I encourage more people from Scandinavian countries to
collaborate with the government in the environmental fields of
strategic projects that not only influence the state, but the global
community, too."
NEPCon was approached for assistance when the MBCA Strategic Management Plan 2003 expired last year.
The latter then secured funding of about RM1.17 million from Aage V. Jansen Foundation in Denmark for the purpose.
Masidi also thanked Ikea, a Swedish organisation involved in
environmental projects, for being one of Yayasan Sabah's biggest
sponsors for its conservation programmes in the MBCA.
The programmes, which include forest restoration and rehabilitation, were initiated through Ikea in 1998.
"Despite having no stores in the state, Ikea has been in the
state for the last 10 years through efforts to conserve pristine
areas, as well as forest rehabilitation.
"Malaysia, in general, and Sabah, in particular, is
appreciative of the crucial contributions that the Scandinavian
countries -- Denmark and Sweden -- have given to the state." Bernama
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