‘Education best tool to protect biodiversity’

MNS 2021 scientific expedition team to Panti Bird Sanctuary in Panti Forest Reserve. — Photo courtesy of Vincent Chow

EDUCATION plays an important role in helping create awareness on protecting local wildlife and forests in the country.

Malaysian Nature Society (MNS) president Vincent Chow (pic) said young children in Malaysia were exposed to few animals via books and television, with the majority of those wildlife not endemic to the country.