Salam again..to all
An excerpt from NST Thursday May 7, 2009/12 RabiulAkhir 1430H...
Title : River buffer zones to preserve the fireflies
" The Selangor state government is going to take over and gazette river reserve and buffer zones along 20km stretch of Sungai Selangor in an effort to conserve the dwindling firefly colonies in Kampung Kuantan and Kampung Bukit Belimbing. State executive councillor for Torism, Consumer Affairs and Environment said the remaining firefly colonies would die out by the end of year if drastic steps were not taken to save the remaining ones." "We were at a critical juncture and we have to move immmediately..If we don't, the colonies will die off by the end of year...50 percent of the colony had died off......" "The firefly colony of Kampung Kuantan is one of only two existing worldwide, the other being in Brazil" .." The state government was considering taking over 100 metres of land from the river bed to be gazetted as a buffer zone." " The problem with the area is that there is no river reserve in the area and the area is owned by 52 land owners who have titles to the area.."
My comments : It is high time for us to look after Allah's creation as meticulous as we can. The fireflies are just tremendously beautiful and I just love to watch their colonies on the 'berembang trees along Selangor's river'..In 2005 I brought my students from the class of environmental planning to the area, including my six-month old Ammar. Again 2007 I visited the place but only watching from the jetty since there was a strong tidal wave and my husband was against the idea of being in the small fishermen's boat..and trying to venture out in the darkness..No flashes and torchlights were allowed since these would shy away the creatures. TNB had one advertisement that highlighted the importance of light and firefly watching was the gimmic...then MAS lowcost carrier popularizes further with the name of firefly as official carrier...
On the serious note : Yes the area needs protection as I could see the encroachment of human activities has somewhat chased away the colony downstream since the berembang trees were no longer there..as other activities took place. I just wonder, why the river reserve land was gone..and now somehow the reserve was owned...I am not really a fanatic of environment. but my mind always wonders...Malaysians like to travel overseas and spent tonnes of ringgits to admire the English landscape or rather its countryside beauty..and travelling to Europe to see the untouched mountainous Alps... Our environment is our capital which could blossom to potential assests of tourism..and in turn be able to be RM or income for our beloved country.
"Sesungguhnya dalam penciptaan langit dan bumi dan bersilih ganti malam dan siang terdapat terdapat tanda-tanda bagi orang yang berakal" (Ali-Imran : 190)
Wallahua'lam
Puziah
An excerpt from NST Thursday May 7, 2009/12 RabiulAkhir 1430H...
Title : River buffer zones to preserve the fireflies
" The Selangor state government is going to take over and gazette river reserve and buffer zones along 20km stretch of Sungai Selangor in an effort to conserve the dwindling firefly colonies in Kampung Kuantan and Kampung Bukit Belimbing. State executive councillor for Torism, Consumer Affairs and Environment said the remaining firefly colonies would die out by the end of year if drastic steps were not taken to save the remaining ones." "We were at a critical juncture and we have to move immmediately..If we don't, the colonies will die off by the end of year...50 percent of the colony had died off......" "The firefly colony of Kampung Kuantan is one of only two existing worldwide, the other being in Brazil" .." The state government was considering taking over 100 metres of land from the river bed to be gazetted as a buffer zone." " The problem with the area is that there is no river reserve in the area and the area is owned by 52 land owners who have titles to the area.."
My comments : It is high time for us to look after Allah's creation as meticulous as we can. The fireflies are just tremendously beautiful and I just love to watch their colonies on the 'berembang trees along Selangor's river'..In 2005 I brought my students from the class of environmental planning to the area, including my six-month old Ammar. Again 2007 I visited the place but only watching from the jetty since there was a strong tidal wave and my husband was against the idea of being in the small fishermen's boat..and trying to venture out in the darkness..No flashes and torchlights were allowed since these would shy away the creatures. TNB had one advertisement that highlighted the importance of light and firefly watching was the gimmic...then MAS lowcost carrier popularizes further with the name of firefly as official carrier...
On the serious note : Yes the area needs protection as I could see the encroachment of human activities has somewhat chased away the colony downstream since the berembang trees were no longer there..as other activities took place. I just wonder, why the river reserve land was gone..and now somehow the reserve was owned...I am not really a fanatic of environment. but my mind always wonders...Malaysians like to travel overseas and spent tonnes of ringgits to admire the English landscape or rather its countryside beauty..and travelling to Europe to see the untouched mountainous Alps... Our environment is our capital which could blossom to potential assests of tourism..and in turn be able to be RM or income for our beloved country.
"Sesungguhnya dalam penciptaan langit dan bumi dan bersilih ganti malam dan siang terdapat terdapat tanda-tanda bagi orang yang berakal" (Ali-Imran : 190)
Wallahua'lam
Puziah
4 comments:
Salam KP,I seem to be convinced that Malaysians in general do not appreciate the natural beauty and fauna but instead appreciate short term profits or the dollar sign...and when the fireflies are gone, the same people who pepertrated to this loss will ask `what happened to the fireflies? where did we go wrong? what could have been done to avoid this? So I say `Didn't you know that prevention is always better than a cure? just my 2sen opinion...Win
Cikwin
direct to the point..short term gain of dollars and cents always the priority....
or is it..lack of awareness...?
Either way alot of educational inputs and coaxing to put through...
KP
Love the fireflies. Have brought 2 busloads of foreign participants to witness the treasure of Sungai Kuantan.
Salam mimi..lama beno tak dengar citer..
Anyway Alhamdulillah you also a nature lover...memang cantik fireflies nie.....Kelip-Kelip kg Kuantan..
PA
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