Every year I never forget to join the Raptor Watch at Tanjung Tuan Melaka. The pictures that I posted for the entries for today, is not from this year's album. It was during 2008. I was there with my lil sister and we were having so much fun. While waiting for the raptors to stop by and hovering around up the sky..and circling the heat wave...we had our face painted. I also had several activities done...Well u know me..I love painting..so what else I would do if i been given that chance..I would never let it wasted ...
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Monday, August 4, 2008
Unspoken...
LEWS is situated at Nanga Bloh Headquarter Sibu Sarawak. It took about 2 hours boat from Sibu to Song by Express boat to transit to Nanga Bloh where it took anbother 4 hours by using long boat. Then, we were placed at a rest house and some were placed at camp site.
The next morning, I started my journey where I've joined other researchers from various organisation where we were to head to Ulu Latong.,.the border of Malaysia-Kalimantan...WOW!!
The journey took about 3 days boating to get to the main camp site. Only 14 of us included all those strong Ibanist boatman. DAmn, they're really superb!! When mentioning about their sizes, of course they're not big..but talking their energy..like a superman..they can carry the boat man. It was because,heading to that place we have to go against the current..i'm talking about the furious one here..and some more it was going upstream as the altitude increased and need to go through all those stony ways..I'm sure u're imagining it now..People would say..How to go? Stones are all over..Well..that's what I alled challenging. Of course I didnt joined them to carried the boat coz they dont want me to fall or injured, they really took care of me..especially when I am the only lady there. They will do everything, setting up and off the tent, cooked, portering..almost everything. And me..what am I doing ? I did photographing them , birds and everything that caught my attenttion. And they liked being filmed by me..hahaha..
The water are as cold as iced, as green as jade and as clear as glass. I'm sure u can imagine that..U can even see fishes swiming around you..what a nice thing..I felt so soothing and happy. Sometimes, when I was bathing, those fishes will come near you..especially the little ones..if the one came I'll sure run or screammm..hahaha..because they're really big mannn... they wont bite u..most of them are frugivorous fish..like Kelah or Semah. .Yummy..
And sometime..when we are to tired to set up the tent..we just sleep barely on the ground and roofing by millions of stars..wow..I never get this experince before..and it was so damn interesting. .Only have sleeping bag covering each of us. .
Well..there's so much more to say..will be continue in Unspoken 2..wait..
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Sunday, August 3, 2008
Cruising Along
Cruising A long..
It’s been quite sometimes I didn’t blogging. My life’s now is very hectic, moving to here and there. However, it makes me realize how important for me to get organize..more organize than before. I noticed that lately, I’m a bit disorganized due to my hectic ness. Sometimes I wish I have time for myself and family…may be later..
Latest expedition brought me to Kuala Atok National Park Pahang. Enchanted by the birds, singing songs into my ears each and every moment. The sounds of Indian Cuckoo..asking for ‘one more bottle’ , While Asian Cuckoo keep on counting from 1 until 6..making me smile and happy all the time. Not only that, during the expedition, I can get the chance to hold various colourful and charming forest birds which I had never before met during my own inventories.
The expedition was so marvelous and hilarious..everybody was so happy. Thanks to Mr N and Mr A who brought the happy moment to the course. It meant a lot especially for me. The Kuala Atok, was so beautiful, despite of its tennis court, others are awesome. I wish the place would be totally in natural way. No need to have those kind of facilities and such. When people go into nature, they will expect for nature to be there. And Mak De, thanks for those love duvly dishes that u’ve cook for all us..and..Oh gosh..not forgetting the Masak Lemak Biji Getah.. the dishes that I could never forget..I never knows that people do eat ‘biji getah’??? How stupid I am..They’re so damn creative..
And Mr A..wait for me..I’ll be going there to meet u and my adventurous moment soon..
P/S: Soon will be.. XPDC at S’wak….
It’s been quite sometimes I didn’t blogging. My life’s now is very hectic, moving to here and there. However, it makes me realize how important for me to get organize..more organize than before. I noticed that lately, I’m a bit disorganized due to my hectic ness. Sometimes I wish I have time for myself and family…may be later..
Latest expedition brought me to Kuala Atok National Park Pahang. Enchanted by the birds, singing songs into my ears each and every moment. The sounds of Indian Cuckoo..asking for ‘one more bottle’ , While Asian Cuckoo keep on counting from 1 until 6..making me smile and happy all the time. Not only that, during the expedition, I can get the chance to hold various colourful and charming forest birds which I had never before met during my own inventories.
The expedition was so marvelous and hilarious..everybody was so happy. Thanks to Mr N and Mr A who brought the happy moment to the course. It meant a lot especially for me. The Kuala Atok, was so beautiful, despite of its tennis court, others are awesome. I wish the place would be totally in natural way. No need to have those kind of facilities and such. When people go into nature, they will expect for nature to be there. And Mak De, thanks for those love duvly dishes that u’ve cook for all us..and..Oh gosh..not forgetting the Masak Lemak Biji Getah.. the dishes that I could never forget..I never knows that people do eat ‘biji getah’??? How stupid I am..They’re so damn creative..
And Mr A..wait for me..I’ll be going there to meet u and my adventurous moment soon..
P/S: Soon will be.. XPDC at S’wak….
Saturday, December 1, 2007
Going Green 2
There're no articulation that can be use to express the feeling of how sad the world today could be. But there's the least that all of us can do to make it smile again..
1) Grab any plants and grow it yourself..as many as u can..doesnt matter the size..but the bigger the better..
2) Recycle on your own
3) Turn off the tap while u were brushing your teeth, shampooing your hair or soaping your face ( and not to forget..please use less or non-chemical content ).
4) Wash your clothes once a week..or if possible..once a month..( but dont abondon your hygenic..it's a must)
5) You dont have to bath your pets..they can naturally bath themselves..but if your really have to, just gather them up at once and make them bath together..hahaha..trust me..it'll fun (this is not an abusement..for SPCA inform..)
6) Utilize only energy saver bulbs..( i guess we have to forget the luxurious chandeliar..ohhh..no..).
7) Use less eletrical appliances for house hold..is that possible to do so..?
8) Avoid buying PS (at any level) to your kids (or your husband ..hahaha)! They're just wasting the energy, and time..
1) Grab any plants and grow it yourself..as many as u can..doesnt matter the size..but the bigger the better..
2) Recycle on your own
3) Turn off the tap while u were brushing your teeth, shampooing your hair or soaping your face ( and not to forget..please use less or non-chemical content ).
4) Wash your clothes once a week..or if possible..once a month..( but dont abondon your hygenic..it's a must)
5) You dont have to bath your pets..they can naturally bath themselves..but if your really have to, just gather them up at once and make them bath together..hahaha..trust me..it'll fun (this is not an abusement..for SPCA inform..)
6) Utilize only energy saver bulbs..( i guess we have to forget the luxurious chandeliar..ohhh..no..).
7) Use less eletrical appliances for house hold..is that possible to do so..?
8) Avoid buying PS (at any level) to your kids (or your husband ..hahaha)! They're just wasting the energy, and time..
Sunday, November 4, 2007
Going Green
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The forest and climate change has been quoted very often these days mainly because it has overall effected the whole global and has become very serious. People are more concerned with the global warming crisis. Forest is mainly known as the second largest ‘carbon sink’ after the sea. Carbon sinks which is known by definition as a carbon reservoir in order to remove the carbon from the atmosphere. While Kyoto protocol has allowed using carbon sink as a carbon’s offset.
When the deforestation taken place, there will be no more carbon sink and the place now become a source for the greenhouse gas emission that will cause the climate change and global warming. Those are the consequences of the released of the carbon that was held in the forest to atmosphere. It is happen when the trees are burned or slowly decayed in the forest. The climate change associate with the humankind’s activity. The Intergovernmental Panel On Climate Change (IPCC) reported in February 2007 that it is “very likely” (>90 percent) that heat-trapping emissions from human activities have caused “most of the observed increase in globally averaged temperatures since the mid-20th century.” The IPCC based its projections of further climate change on six scenarios that assume various increases in concentrations of heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere. The IPCC projects temperature increases by the end of the century in the range of ~2°F (1.1°C) to ~11.5°F (6.4°C) ( Union Concerned Scientist, 2007). These phenomena definitely will cause an increase in the Earth’s average surface temperature, extreme weather event and also shifting of the weather patterns (Roper. J, 2001). As what we can see on what’s happening to our weather today is extra ordinary. The temperature becomes warmer and warmer, huge flood and droughts, violent storm, typhoon and hurricane. All of this catastrophic are the results of warm ocean current.
A resource from the project of the Union of Concerned Scientist (2007), also showed how global warming can change the world. The rising up of world temperature, dramatically changing climate and heat in our cities are the consequence of this phenomenon. Effects of warming are apparent worldwide. For example, it has caused a reduction of the snow pack in northern latitudes, a melting of mountain glaciers, a thawing of the Arctic permafrost, and a shrinking of the polar ice caps. Due to this, the average sea level of the world's oceans has risen 10 to 20 cm in the last century and is expected to rise up to 90 cm more in the next 100 years. River deltas that are currently being farmed and estuaries that are now important wildlife habitats will be flooded and become saline, making them unsuitable for these uses. Warmer ocean temperatures will have an impact on marine life, affecting their abundance and distribution. For example, with rising ocean temperatures the range of the Pacific salmon is expected to shift dramatically northwards, resulting in serious economic implications for commercial fishing.
The short-term variations in global temperatures that are associated with atmospheric disturbances resulting from solar activity, geological events like volcanic eruptions, or temporary shifts in ocean currents like the recent influences of El Niño and La Niña in the Pacific Ocean. There was a previous history of the Earth’s climate of cycles period where the warmer period be followed by a cooler period. One of the most dramatic examples of this cycle in recent history was the last glaciations’ period some 10,000 years ago when the average global temperature was 5C to 7C lower than our present temperature. More recently, there was a warm period from 900 to 1200 AD that was followed by a cooler period from 1300 to 1900 AD ( Roper.J 2001). But what we are most concern today is that the present trend is not cyclical in nature. It seems to be a long term warming of the global climate. According to scientist and previous history since 1900, a definite warming trend has been detected to be distinct from its cyclical variation that the Earth has experienced for millennia. The climate change are causing other great impact to our world today. For examples of the impacts are such as:
Rising seas, retreating sea ice and thawing perma-frost erode coastlines.
Communities forced to relocate due to catastrophes.
Retreating sea ice reduce polar bear and seal’s habitat.
Heat waves increase in number, intensity and duration
Coastal land is lost, including species rich wetlands.
(Environmental Protection Agency 2007)
The effect of climate changes are likely to lead to shifts in species ranges of both plants and animals including human because plants and animals are sensitive to fluctuation in temperature and climate (Primack & Kunz 1996). The distribution of species is largely determined by climate, as the distribution of ecosystems and plant vegetation( Global Change 2004).
The Earth’s climate changing which is related to human growth population, resources and environmental degradation are in risk when the world's population continues to grow at an alarming rate with our numbers now exceeding six billion persons, a six-fold increase during the 20th century. According to data from World Bank and United Nations, the current 6.4 billion is projected to reach 7-14 billion people sometimes in this century. Man kinds are now at a critical point where they tend to use more resources due to survival challenge. For example logging activities where the forest land are being cleared up in order to build more houses and building. Despite the fact that most of the world's people still live in unacceptable levels of poverty, our collective wealth is growing and with it there is a corresponding increase in demand for natural resources, energy, food, and goods to consume. In the process, we discharge vast quantities of gases and effluents that change the atmosphere's composition and its capacity to regulate its temperature (Roper. J 2001)
The developing countries are now facing with the most critical environmental problem due to tropical deforestation. Most of these countries are suffering from a long term warming, catastrophic impact on biodiversity, economic opportunities lost, social problem and contribution to global warming. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has estimated that the annual rates of deforestation in developing countries between 1980 and 1990 ranged from 13.7 million to 15.5 million hectares. With the clearing of forests on such a massive scale and the burning of most of the wood associated with them, there has been an enormous release of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. The above-ground biomass of tropical moist forests (those most subject to deforestation) is often more than 175 tonnes of carbon per hectare. When cleared and burned, much of this carbon ends up in the atmosphere as carbon dioxide. Most of this loss in forest cover is the result of land clearing for agricultural use. Unlike forest fires that are burn and regenerate growth, deforestation destroys the forest as a "carbon reservoir" for the future because the land on which the trees grew is converted to other uses that have a lower carbon sequestration potential (Roper.J 2001). Besides of deforestation, agriculture, livestock waste, decompositions of wetlands and burning of biomass, application of fertilizer and incomplete burning of pasture and grassland are also contribute to build up of greenhouse gasses (Environmental Protection Agency 2007).
When the deforestation taken place, there will be no more carbon sink and the place now become a source for the greenhouse gas emission that will cause the climate change and global warming. Those are the consequences of the released of the carbon that was held in the forest to atmosphere. It is happen when the trees are burned or slowly decayed in the forest. The climate change associate with the humankind’s activity. The Intergovernmental Panel On Climate Change (IPCC) reported in February 2007 that it is “very likely” (>90 percent) that heat-trapping emissions from human activities have caused “most of the observed increase in globally averaged temperatures since the mid-20th century.” The IPCC based its projections of further climate change on six scenarios that assume various increases in concentrations of heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere. The IPCC projects temperature increases by the end of the century in the range of ~2°F (1.1°C) to ~11.5°F (6.4°C) ( Union Concerned Scientist, 2007). These phenomena definitely will cause an increase in the Earth’s average surface temperature, extreme weather event and also shifting of the weather patterns (Roper. J, 2001). As what we can see on what’s happening to our weather today is extra ordinary. The temperature becomes warmer and warmer, huge flood and droughts, violent storm, typhoon and hurricane. All of this catastrophic are the results of warm ocean current.
A resource from the project of the Union of Concerned Scientist (2007), also showed how global warming can change the world. The rising up of world temperature, dramatically changing climate and heat in our cities are the consequence of this phenomenon. Effects of warming are apparent worldwide. For example, it has caused a reduction of the snow pack in northern latitudes, a melting of mountain glaciers, a thawing of the Arctic permafrost, and a shrinking of the polar ice caps. Due to this, the average sea level of the world's oceans has risen 10 to 20 cm in the last century and is expected to rise up to 90 cm more in the next 100 years. River deltas that are currently being farmed and estuaries that are now important wildlife habitats will be flooded and become saline, making them unsuitable for these uses. Warmer ocean temperatures will have an impact on marine life, affecting their abundance and distribution. For example, with rising ocean temperatures the range of the Pacific salmon is expected to shift dramatically northwards, resulting in serious economic implications for commercial fishing.
The short-term variations in global temperatures that are associated with atmospheric disturbances resulting from solar activity, geological events like volcanic eruptions, or temporary shifts in ocean currents like the recent influences of El Niño and La Niña in the Pacific Ocean. There was a previous history of the Earth’s climate of cycles period where the warmer period be followed by a cooler period. One of the most dramatic examples of this cycle in recent history was the last glaciations’ period some 10,000 years ago when the average global temperature was 5C to 7C lower than our present temperature. More recently, there was a warm period from 900 to 1200 AD that was followed by a cooler period from 1300 to 1900 AD ( Roper.J 2001). But what we are most concern today is that the present trend is not cyclical in nature. It seems to be a long term warming of the global climate. According to scientist and previous history since 1900, a definite warming trend has been detected to be distinct from its cyclical variation that the Earth has experienced for millennia. The climate change are causing other great impact to our world today. For examples of the impacts are such as:
Rising seas, retreating sea ice and thawing perma-frost erode coastlines.
Communities forced to relocate due to catastrophes.
Retreating sea ice reduce polar bear and seal’s habitat.
Heat waves increase in number, intensity and duration
Coastal land is lost, including species rich wetlands.
(Environmental Protection Agency 2007)
The effect of climate changes are likely to lead to shifts in species ranges of both plants and animals including human because plants and animals are sensitive to fluctuation in temperature and climate (Primack & Kunz 1996). The distribution of species is largely determined by climate, as the distribution of ecosystems and plant vegetation( Global Change 2004).
The Earth’s climate changing which is related to human growth population, resources and environmental degradation are in risk when the world's population continues to grow at an alarming rate with our numbers now exceeding six billion persons, a six-fold increase during the 20th century. According to data from World Bank and United Nations, the current 6.4 billion is projected to reach 7-14 billion people sometimes in this century. Man kinds are now at a critical point where they tend to use more resources due to survival challenge. For example logging activities where the forest land are being cleared up in order to build more houses and building. Despite the fact that most of the world's people still live in unacceptable levels of poverty, our collective wealth is growing and with it there is a corresponding increase in demand for natural resources, energy, food, and goods to consume. In the process, we discharge vast quantities of gases and effluents that change the atmosphere's composition and its capacity to regulate its temperature (Roper. J 2001)
The developing countries are now facing with the most critical environmental problem due to tropical deforestation. Most of these countries are suffering from a long term warming, catastrophic impact on biodiversity, economic opportunities lost, social problem and contribution to global warming. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has estimated that the annual rates of deforestation in developing countries between 1980 and 1990 ranged from 13.7 million to 15.5 million hectares. With the clearing of forests on such a massive scale and the burning of most of the wood associated with them, there has been an enormous release of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. The above-ground biomass of tropical moist forests (those most subject to deforestation) is often more than 175 tonnes of carbon per hectare. When cleared and burned, much of this carbon ends up in the atmosphere as carbon dioxide. Most of this loss in forest cover is the result of land clearing for agricultural use. Unlike forest fires that are burn and regenerate growth, deforestation destroys the forest as a "carbon reservoir" for the future because the land on which the trees grew is converted to other uses that have a lower carbon sequestration potential (Roper.J 2001). Besides of deforestation, agriculture, livestock waste, decompositions of wetlands and burning of biomass, application of fertilizer and incomplete burning of pasture and grassland are also contribute to build up of greenhouse gasses (Environmental Protection Agency 2007).
The conclusion is, in order to protect the health and economic well-being of current and future generations, we must reduce our emissions of heat-trapping gases by using the technology, know-how, and practical solutions already at our disposal. Practice a sustainable use of natural resources. Since Greenhouse gas emissions are a major contributor to global warming, there are a few steps that we can least do to help mitigate the Green House effect to our world. For examples, conserve the energy, avoid using CFC’s and Halons product, buy a fuel –efficient car and drive less often, re-use and recycle, and plants more trees.
References
Environmental Protection Agency. 2007. Climate change- Health and Environmental
Effect. Online. http://epa/gov/climatechange/emissions/index.html#ggo
Global Change 2004. Threats to Global Biodiversity. Online.
www.globalchange.umich.edu/globalchange2/current/lectures/
Primack, R.B & Kunz, T.H.1996. The Biodiversity Crisis and Conservation Biology. In
Zainal, A., Zakri, A.H. & Zubaid, A.(eds). Conservation and Faunal Biodiversity
in Malaysia, pg 11-23. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi.
Roper, J. 2001. Forestry Issues. Tropical Forest and Climate Change.
http://www.rcfa-cfan.org/englisg/issues.13html
Union of Concerned Scientist. Global warming. Online
www.ucsusa.org/global_warming
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