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August 11th, 2011
Play a More Proactive Role to Protect Our Forests

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I applaud efforts by Transparency International Malaysia (TI-M) in educating the public on the advantages and wealth of knowledge one can derive from Google Earth (GE). I have long been a proponent of GE as a tool to measure the rapid and rampant plundering of our precious forests. I am sad to say that we probably have barely 5% of primary forest and 30% of secondary forest remaining in peninsula Malaysia. Sabah, on the other hand, should be emulated for its preservation efforts. Read More