Going green: Dr Xavier (centre) being briefed by Forest Research Institute Malaysia officer Dr Ang Lai Hoe (left) at the Paya Indah Wetlands. Also present are Washizawa (third from right) and Aeon executive director Poh Ying Loo (right).
DENGKIL: The first Malaysia-Japan Friendship Forest – planted with over 60,000 trees across 26ha in Paya Indah Wetlands – has been handed over to the Wildlife and National Parks Department (Perhilitan).
The park was started by Aeon Co (M) Bhd in 2004, which then saw 3,000 volunteers, including children, civil servants and the retail chain’s business partners, planting 30,000 trees. That number has since doubled.
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