130 million years of Belum, let's keep it around longer

WHILE the G8 continues to make more promises on how to save the world, a Malaysian is putting his money where his mouth is. Tan Sri Mustapha Kamal of the wellknown EmKay group took the initiative to launch the Belum Rainforest Research Centre last week. Unveiled by the Sultan of Perak, the cent...

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Main Author: Abd Razak, Dzulkifli
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Language:English
Published: 2008
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description WHILE the G8 continues to make more promises on how to save the world, a Malaysian is putting his money where his mouth is. Tan Sri Mustapha Kamal of the wellknown EmKay group took the initiative to launch the Belum Rainforest Research Centre last week. Unveiled by the Sultan of Perak, the centre is poised to be a beacon for sustainability in seeking new solutions to old problems. And why not? Belum is one of the richest biodiversity areas in Malaysia. It lies in Perak, bordering Thailand. Much of its 300,000 hectares of virgin rainforest have been left untouched for over 130 million years, awaiting to be discovered, befitting its name which translates into "the land before time".
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spelling usm-329582017-04-07T07:56:31Z http://eprints.usm.my/32958/ 130 million years of Belum, let's keep it around longer Abd Razak, Dzulkifli G Geography (General) WHILE the G8 continues to make more promises on how to save the world, a Malaysian is putting his money where his mouth is. Tan Sri Mustapha Kamal of the wellknown EmKay group took the initiative to launch the Belum Rainforest Research Centre last week. Unveiled by the Sultan of Perak, the centre is poised to be a beacon for sustainability in seeking new solutions to old problems. And why not? Belum is one of the richest biodiversity areas in Malaysia. It lies in Perak, bordering Thailand. Much of its 300,000 hectares of virgin rainforest have been left untouched for over 130 million years, awaiting to be discovered, befitting its name which translates into "the land before time". 2008-07-13 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/32958/1/DZUL220.pdf Abd Razak, Dzulkifli (2008) 130 million years of Belum, let's keep it around longer. New Sunday Times.
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Abd Razak, Dzulkifli
130 million years of Belum, let's keep it around longer
title 130 million years of Belum, let's keep it around longer
title_full 130 million years of Belum, let's keep it around longer
title_fullStr 130 million years of Belum, let's keep it around longer
title_full_unstemmed 130 million years of Belum, let's keep it around longer
title_short 130 million years of Belum, let's keep it around longer
title_sort 130 million years of belum, let's keep it around longer
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url http://eprints.usm.my/32958/
http://eprints.usm.my/32958/1/DZUL220.pdf