Project 7/ Conservation Awareness and Biodiversity Education Program /2010

Project:	Trip to Samarakan
Date:	20-21 February 2010
Time:	8.00 a.m. to next day 2.30 p.m.
Venue:	Samarakan, Sarawak Planted Forest
Objective: to promote conservation of flora and fauna in Bintulu and promote a better understanding of biodiversity in Bintulu
Brief Report:	CABEP 2010 was jointly organised by Natural Science Society Bintulu, Rotary Club of Bintulu and Sarawak Planted Forest Sdn Bhd. 11 interactors with 2 teachers participated in this program. Lectures about conservation in Sarawak Planted Forest Project, wildlife conservation, water conservation and Sarawak Forestry role and regulation were given to the interactors. At 7.30 pm, we started to go into the forest and searched for the creatures in the forest. We saw spiders, frogs, snails, birds, rare ferns and etc. At 7 o’clock in the next morning, we used the binoculars and walked around a large lake to observe birds and tried to identify them. After breakfast, we also carried on Odonata inventory and tried to identify them. We learned to differentiate the dragonflies from damselflies and also female from male. The interactors were divided into 3 groups and each group had different things to share on their experience throughout this adventure.