# In 2006, Malaysia produced 15.9 million tonnes of palm oil, only 1.4 m tonnes are locally consumed.
# Sarawak's total export earnings in 2006 from timber and timber- based products was RM 9 billion ( a 25 % increase from 2005) about half of the products were plywood( worth about RM 2.5 billion ) or 3.5 million cubic meters in volume.
# Sarawak's Biodiversity Centre has in 2007 documented 1,500 species of medicinal plants based on indigenous knowledge, normally transmitted by oral tradition.
# Sime Darby group, formed by a merger of Sime Darby Berhad, Kumpulan Guthrie and Golden Hope Plantations in 2007 attained status as the world's leading palm oil plantation group with 543,000 hectares in land bank.
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
Tuesday, January 1, 2008
2008 Here I come!!
Hooray! It's me on TV, shouted Macy Grey. ( In Bintulu,during 4th return trip and spending the first day of New Year 2008 there.)
A barrowful of ' lumok' fruits ( Artocarpus lowii or "terap" in Malay)
The tallest 'lumok' tree from which we collected the fruits, by climbing and lowering them by means of a rope and a basket. This tree is 30 meters high.
'Berangan ' species of the banana family. Observe the three oil palm trees in the background.New Year Jottings
To recap, I just started blogging with my partner and co-actor, Macy Grey the last two months of 2007. This first day of this new year, we had a rest at the verandah locally called the 'abak' in the Melanau tonque. "Sorry couldn't pronounce it "said Macy.
Well , what a day we had collecting a barrow load of "lumok fruits" from the tallest 'lumok 'tree in our ec0-farm and a bunch of berangan' bananas. A good day's harvest to start off the new year.
This year blogging will be focussed on environmental awareness and ecopreneurship. That much I promise myself. Did I hear Macy meowing yes? Good girl.
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