CONGREGATING FIREFLY ZONE NORTHERN SARAWAK SURVEY REPORT

After several false starts, the The CFZ Northern Sarawak Survey Report has been finalised. For those of you who are following the progress of the work done, we'll published snippets of it here on this blog.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank the following people who together have made the one year long project a worthwhile undertaking on many more levels than just building firefly database for Northern Sarawak:

Musa Musbah, MNS Miri Branch/Project Executor

Faye Osman,, MNS Miri Branch

Anura Dason, MNS Miri Branch

Sara Wong, MNS Miri Branch

Dominique Dodge-Wan, MNS Miri Branch

Sim Yuh Thin, MNS Miri Branch

Nurziana Abdullah Sani, MNS Miri Branch

Rosie Kassim, MNS Miri Branch

Lee Bor Seng , MNS Miri Branch

Tracy Kho, MNS Miri Branch

Joyce Sivalingam, MNS Miri Branch

Clarissa Loke, MNS Miri Branch

Sonny Wong, MNS HQ

Kamal Abdullah, Sarawak Forestry Corporation (Miri)

Remli Adenan, Sarawak Forestry Corporation (Miri)

Samantha Kwan, Sarawak Forestry Corporation (Miri)

Kamil Tahir, Sarawak Forestry Corporation (Miri)

Haidar Ali, Sarawak Forestry Corporation (Miri)

John MacKenzie, Sarawak Forestry Corporation (Miri)

Anne King, Sarawak Forestry Corporation (Bintulu)

Norhider Julaihi, Sarawak Forestry Corporation (Bintulu)

Jocelyn Jonip, Sarawak Forestry Corporation (Bintulu)

Elan Ngalang , Sarawak Forestry Corporation (Bintulu)

Nyareng Kalau, Sarawak Forestry Corporation (Bintulu)

Julaini Omar, Sarawak Forestry Corporation (Bintulu)

Vincent Jihem, Sarawak Forestry Corporation (Bintulu)

Abd Rahim Hassan, Sarawak Forestry Corporation (Bintulu)

Dr Mahadimenakbar Daud, University Malaysia Sabah

Robert Yeoh, MNS Kuching

Tham Chee Keong, Nature and Science Society Bintulu

Clift Edison, Nature and Science Society Bintulu

Nazur Riza Nurkaman, Curtin University

Salam, Curtin University

Faiz Nasir, Curtin University

Faiz Jamil, Curtin University

Lynn Faust, Firefly Researcher (USA)

Luis Vasconcelos, Firefly Researcher (Portugal)

Maria, Firefly Researcher (Portugal)

Jose Fidalgo, Firefly Researcher (Portugal)

Rebecca D’Cruz, MNS Kuching Branch/Project Oversight1

Maye Yap, MNS Secretariat/Project Oversight2

Nazeri Abghani, MNS Miri Branch/Project Lead

Those named above have collectively contributed to much of this first CFZ work in Northern Division. This project has been funded by MNS Merdeka Fund, with in-kind contribution from Sarawak Forestry Corporation Miri and Bintulu Regional Offices.

We would like to put it to record our sincere gratitude to Encik Abg Arabi Hj Imran, Regional Manager, Sarawak Forestry Corporation Miri Regional Office and Encik Mohd Jirin Anis, Regional Manager, Sarawak Forestry Corporation Bintulu Regional Office for extending their full support to our Congregating Firefly Zone activities in the Northern Division. It is hope that with their continued strong support and contribution, Malaysian Nature Society would be poised to continue similar collaborations in the future.