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KUCHING: The public are invited
to attend a coming talk on orang-utan conservation in Sarawak.
The talk will be held at UCSI University Sarawak Campus, Jalan Tun Jugah
on 19th August 2014 at 7.30pm.
The Malaysian Nature Society Kuching Branch is organising this public
awareness talk in conjunction with International Orang-utan Day with the
support from UCSI University Sarawak Campus and Sarawak Forestry Corporation
(SFC).
SFC deputy general manager for Protected areas and Biodiversity Division
Oswald Braken Tisen will deliver the talk which will cover the behaviour, biology, distribution
and an overview of the great ape.
The
speaker is a specialist in protected area management and biodiversity and
wildlife management. He holds a masters degree in parks, recreation and tourism
management from Lincoln University, New Zealand in 2003, and bachelor degree in
forestry from Universiti Pertanian Malaysia in 1984.
Braken
has interests in scuba diving, caving, nature walks and fishing and taking part
in local community and development
activities.
He is also
a member of the Institute Forester Malaysia and Malaysian Nature Society and he
has served the society as past Kuching Branch chairman.
Often known as a close cousin to human, orang-utans have 97% of DNA in
common with mankind.
There are
two different species of orang-utan in the world, Bornean Orangutan (Pongo
pygmaeus) and Sumatran Orangutan (Pongo abelii ).
In Borneo, the species is further separated into 3
sub-species Pongo pygmaeus pygmaeus (Western Borneo - Sarawak
and West Kalimantan), Pongo p. wurmbii (Southern Borneo –
South Kalimantan) and Pongo p. morio (Northern Borneo – Sabah
and East Kalimantan).
Every year, 19th August is set as
International Orang-utan Day which was formerly known and World Orang-utan Day.
The celebration aims to encourage the public to take action in protecting and
conserving this species and its habitat.
Admission to the talk is free. For information and registration
for the talk, email to mnskuching@gmail.com
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