Isramart : 68 trees to offset ATF’s carbon footprint

Isramart news:
THE effects of global warming has taken its toll on Mother Nature and many have called for the citizens of the world for help in conserving what can be protected.

In line with this year’s Asean Tourism Forum -Heart of Green, 10 Destinations One Conservation Vision – the Ministry of Industry and Primary Resources through the Forestry Department will continue to answer this call.
Approximately 68 Ru or Ru Laut tress will be planted on the morning of January 25 at the Berakas
Forest Reserve. The ceremony will see the participation of the Minister of Industry and Primary Resources working side-by-side with 16 foreign ministers and national tourism officials, who will be in the country for the Asean Tourism Forum (ATF) 2010.

Selected schools in the country will also be sending their students to the tree-planting event to represent the 1,500 delegates arriving in Brunei for the ATF. This gesture is envisioned to offset the carbon footprint the delegates will leave behind as they arrive in Brunei. This further highlights the ministry’s efforts in helping protect Brunei’s green environment.

In proving that the government of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam is serious about the protection of its flora and fauna, the Kuala Belalong Field Studies Centre based in Temburong was established and is the focus of an international research into the threatened rainforests of Borneo.

Just recently, Brunei Darussalam played host to ASEM participants who were in the country to further develop their understanding of the rainforests that can be found in this region including Brunei’s “Green Jewel”.