Penang Hill designated as a UNESCO World Heritage site. That’s what Universiti Sains Malaysia researchers want and rightly so. The 500 hectares of the hill boasts unique endemic species in an ecosystem that deserves to be declared a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, the better to protect it. “In two brief surveys…

Women are true environmental warriors whose myriad contributions are vital for conservationism and environmental protection. So says Nazrin Shah, the sultan of Perak, and we certainly second that view. Numerous women, Sultan Nazrin said, “have made important impacts, both through their own direct actions and through the inspiration they have provided to…

Young Malaysians, or many of them at any rate, are far more environmentally conscious than their elders may assume. So says Shariffa Sabrina Syed Akil, president of the conservationist group the Association for the Protection of Natural Heritage of Malaysia (Peka). “Not all youngsters are unappreciative or inattentive towards nature and environment. We…