Malaysian Nature Society celebrates 70 years in conservation

Cindy Lai The Star 7 Jul 10;

THE Malaysian Nature Society (MNS) celebrated 70 years of involvement in nature and biodiversity conservation in Miri recently with the theme Conserving Nature, Celebrating Life 1940-2010.

Its president Tan Sri Dr Salleh Mohd Nor, who opened a talk held as part of the celebration, said: “The power to preserve nature lies in our hands, the people who live on this planet. With our little effort, we gained the strength to protect our beloved mother nature.”

After the talk, an informative presentation entitled Coral Reef Project was given by Kumareson Paranthaman, the leader of MNS Miri’s reef check project.

Attendees, especially the children, were fascinated by colourful videos on well-kept secrets of corals in Miri complete with majestic views of marine treasures.

The event was completed with the announcement of the top three winners of a drawing contest held with the theme Our Marine and Coastal Treasures.

Edric Liew Wei Sheng, Amy Liew Xiu Jie and Siti Khadijah won the first, second and third prizes respectively. They were all 10 years old.

The next day, MNS made a trip to Tusan Cliffs.

These sandstone cliffs, seastacks, old fossils and the amazingly-beautiful Tusan beach left the participants in awe.

The events were organised by MNS Miri.