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Pencinta Alam Newsletter Jul 2013

Dear Members,

Please be informed that the Jul 2013 newsletter is out.  You can download a copy from http://www.mns.my/file_dir/77587439251d0f9048b4f1.pdf

Contents:

·         Leptospirosis: What you need to know when going outdoors

·         World Tapir Day at Taman Negara

·         Growing our membership: survey results and workshop

·         Green Living – Natural Disinfectants and Deodorisers

·         MNS Kuching Branch has new blog & facebook pages

·         Eco Kids – Green Living Zoo Volunteer Programme & Enrichment Workshop

·         July 2013 Calendar of Activities

·         Would you like to escape from the crowd?  If yes, join the hornbill volunteer programme

·         Photography competition, final call for submission on “Landscape” by 30^th September 2013

·         MNS National AGM 2013 & AGM Packages (http://www.mns.my/article.php?aid=2243&sc=1).

·         Branch Annual General Meetings 2013 (http://www.mns.my/article.php?aid=2246)

Note: The survey reports can be downloaded from MNS website at www.mns.my.  You will need to log in with a generic username and password at the “Member Login” section on the front page. (username: mns2013, password: tapir2013)

Regards,

Leong Wee Chin

Membership Officer

Malaysian Nature Society

Tel: 03-22879422

Fax: 03-22878773

Pilai Poonswad - Saving the hornbill

Introducing Kuching, British Sarawak, in 1960

MNS public talk featuring British birder Alan Pearson

The public are invited to a coming talk featuring a British birder Alan Pearson.

The talk, organised by the Malaysian Nature Society Kuching Branch, will take place at UCSI University Sarawak Campus on 12^th July 2013 (Friday) at 7.30pm.

The talk will cover how a field guide comes together and a little on bird illustration in general. It will go on to introduce birdwatching in England and suggest how to plan a birding trip there.

Pearson is a teacher of biology and art who has been birdwatching for over 35 years and illustrating bird books and magazine articles for about 30, including the Field Guide for Peninsular Malaysia.

He has seven books published, mainly aimed at novice birders, however, the most recent is 'A Field Guide to the Birds of Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore', with Allen Jeyarajasingam, which comprehensively covers all the species known to have occured in that region.

Pearson  is currently teaching in England at an all-boys secondary school and working on a beginners bird identification app. He lives in south London with Anne, his Malaysian-born wife.

To confirm attendance for the talk, please email to mnskuching@gmail.com. Admission is free. 

CALLING ALL SHUTTERBUGS - LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION.

The Malaysian Nature Society Kuching Branch (MNSKB) is pleased to announce that it will be organising the inaugural Santubong Nature Festival this November.

Scheduled to be held at Permai Rainforest Resort in Santubong on 9^th and 10^th November, the event is opened to MNS members and the public.

The festival is co-organised with Permai Rainforest Resort and among others, supported by Sarawak Tourism Board, Ling Kok Wing Institute, Sarawak Photo Art Society, Friends of Sarawak Museums, Sarawak Heritage Society and all chapters of Hash House Harriers in Kuching.

The objectives of Santubong Nature Festival are:

To raise public awareness of the priceless natural and historical – local and global - heritage value of the Santubong Peninsula;

To advocate for a holistic and integrated approach to development and management of the area  safeguarding its unique landscape, biodiversity and historical assets;

To showcase the tourism and recreational potential of the natural and cultural values of the Santubong Peninsula; and

To stimulate reflection on responsible and sustainable further management of the peninsula and its surroundings.

In conjunction with the festival, MNSKB and Sarawak Photo Art Society are organising the Santubong Peninsula Landscape Photography Competition that runs from now to 31^st August 2013. This photography contest is open to the public  and submission period is from 1st September 2013 to 7th September 2013. Entry will close on the 7th September 2013, 12:00 noon.

The coverage area of this competition will be any place after the Santubong Bridge, coming from Kuching direction.

The submission fee for Malaysian Nature Society members and SPAS members is RM20.00 for a set of 3 photos. The fee for non-members is RM30 for a set of 3 photos. Additional set will be charged RM5 for members and non-members. Photos will be judged individually on its own merit.

Each participant is allowed to submit maximum 2 sets. Every photo must have the entry form attached to its back, captioned in at least three (3) words (characters) and not more than twelve (12) words (characters). The caption can be in English, Bahasa Malaysia or Chinese.

A participant can only win one prize. Selected finalists’ photos will be uploaded to Malaysian Nature Society (Kuching Branch) Facebook page and the top 3 photos that get the most “Like” and “Share” stand to win a prize.

For more information on the rules and regulation, please refer to the competition’s rules and regulations.

All entries can be mailed or hand delivered to Vincent Wong (Tel: 013 802 0005) at

Master Car Accessories, Lot 418 Ground Floor, Wisma Ung Hwa Geok, Jalan Kulas

93400 Kuching.

For enquiry please call Geoffrey Lam 013 5898991.

Download form here:

  Final Edition Malaysian Nature Society Contest Form Copy by Cynthia Lobato