Keen on being an urban eco-warrior? Check out the Klang Valley City Nature Challenge


The network of residential areas across cities (with their trees and gardens) can help link up denser forest areas. Photos: Rimba Project

Did you know that in certain urban areas, over 80% of tree species may have commercial or medicinal value?

Or that birds like the Oriental honey-buzzard, pied triller and green-billed malkoha, fully protected under the Wildlife Conservation Act 2010 (Act 716), are found in our urban backyards?

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