Students learn about sustainable use of resources at environmental camp
KOTA KINABALU: A total of 35 secondary school students attended an environmental camp at the Shallom Valley Park in Inanam near here.
The Friends of Rivers and Oceans Camp (FROC) 2017 saw the students aged between 13 and 17 years learn about ocean conservation and related issues.
The students from Kota Kinabalu, Penampang, Papar, Tuaran and Kota Belud were taught about the sustainable use of resources.
Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) Institute for Tropical Biology and Conservation lecturer Kelvin Kueh then taught them how frogs play important roles in the ecosystem and water source.
“Every ecosystem has different frogs and toads and by looking at the species present, we can know whether the area is clean or not,” he said.
After that, the students were taught about the ocean, corals and marine ecosystem by UMS lecturer from the Borneo Marine Research Institute, Dr Zarinah Waheed.
They then joined in a beach clean-up, together with volunteers from Raleigh Sabah.
The camp continued with students learning ways to test for water quality and learned how to make bio-enzyme solution, bokashi and mudballs.
Participants also had the opportunity to hear about the environment from this year’s harvest queen or Unduk Ngadau, Kerinah Mah.
She told them about her role as the ambassador of culture, tourism and the environment and urged them to make the environment a priority in their everyday lives.
The camp was organised by Little Feet Initiative, a group formed after the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative’s Borneo Eco Warriors workshop last July in Kota Kinabalu.
The UMS EcoCampus Center supported the camp while other collaborators included Partners of Community Organizations in Sabah Trust and Raleigh Sabah Society.
Source: The Star
