Straits Energy sets Malaysia record with 12,275 Gelam trees planted in a day

From left: Yayasan DiRaja Sultan Mizan board of trustees member Datuk Dr. Che Ab Rahim Nik, Majlis Pengurusan Taman Negeri Terengganu director Datuk Tengku Mohd Arifin Tengku A. Rahman, The Malaysia Book of Records official representative Megat Faris Hussein Megat Muzaffar Shah, Terengganu State Committee on Tourism, Culture, Environment and Climate Change chairman Datuk Razali Idris, Straits Energy Resources Bhd chairman Datuk' Seri Tengku Baharuddin Ibni Almarhum Sultan Mahmud and Benua Hijau Sdn Bhd project director Dr. Paul Yap Poh Onn.

KUALA LUMPUR: Straits Energy Resources Bhd, through its subsidiary Benua Hijau Sdn Bhd, has officially entered the Malaysia Book of Records for the nation’s largest Melaleuca cajuputi tree planting event, with 12,275 Pokok Gelam saplings planted in a single day.

In a statement, Straits Energy said the milestone forms part of Benua Hijau’s multi-year reforestation initiative to restore degraded forest areas in the Setiu Wetlands State Park, one of the largest natural wetlands on the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia.