By Jaswinder Kaur
KOTA KINABALU: EFFORTS are being made to turn the Kota Kinabalu City Bird Sanctuary into a model centre for wetland conservation, research and environmental education.
This is one of the aims of the Sabah Wetlands Conservation Society, a newly formed multi-stakeholder organisation which is now running the sanctuary.
Previously, the Likas Wetland Sanctuary Management Committee, with the WWF-Malaysia as the secretariat, managed the 10-year-old sanctuary.
The Society, in a Press statement, said it also aims to raise awareness and get more members of the public involved in protecting the wetlands.
The sanctuary is located on a 24-hectare site in Likas, just 10 minutes away from the city centre. It is home to more than 83 bird species and eight mangrove species.
Courtesy of New Straits Times
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