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ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION (EE)

PROGRAMME ON RAMSAR BY

RAINFOREST DISCOVERY CENTRE,

SABAH FORESTRY DEPARTMENT

Arni-Natalia binti Arpa

Bernadette D. Joeman

George Hubert Petol

CONTENT

EE in Ramsar: 1. For whom?2. Why is EE and creating

awareness is important?3. What do we want them to

know?

Getting to know the Ramsarcommunity

How is EE being conducted to the various target audiences?

Outcomes

EE IN RAMSAR:

1. FOR WHOM?

2. WHY IS EE AND CREATING

AWARENESS IS IMPORTANT?

3. WHAT DO WE WANT THEM TO

KNOW?

EE IN RAMSAR

Lower Kinabatangan – Segama Wetlands RamsarSite Management Plan 2011-2020

Management Strategies for the core area (RamsarSite itself) No.3: Develop Collaborative Management Strategies – Thrust 3.3: Public Awareness

Ramsar CEPA kit as a tool in implementing EE on Ramsar

Implementation EE in Ramsar is inline with the Sabah Environmental Education Policy (SEEP)

EE IN RAMSAR: FOR WHOM?

Local Community Leaders

School Students

Teachers

Other Stakeholders: Resort Owners & Workers

EE IN RAMSAR: WHY IS EE AND CREATING

AWARENESS IMPORTANT?

They are the main stakeholders and long-term

users of the Ramsar site.

To encourage them to support any government

effort for conservation of the area.

To create sense of ownership as to sustain the

conservation efforts amongst villagers.

EE IN RAMSAR: WHAT DO WE WANT THEM TO

KNOW?

The purpose of protecting LKSW as a Ramsar site

The reasons why the wetlands of LKSW are

important for Sabah

Uniqueness of their place – species of plants and

animals

The importance of sustainable and wise-use of

natural resources & how to protect them

GETTING TO KNOW THE RAMSAR

COMMUNITY

Ramsar Scientific Expedition, June 2014

Interviewed 32 villagers from Kg. Tundon Bohangin and Kg.

Sri Ganda

Aged between 18 years old to 73 years old

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Respondent Age

Kampung Tundon Bohangin

Kampung Sri Ganda


TeachersCommunity Leaders

Various background

HousewivesFishermen


Years of living in the villages: 11 months to 63 years

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Number of years as a resident

Kampung Tundon Bohangin

Kampung Sri Ganda

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Ya Tidak

Do you know what is a Ramsar site?

Lelaki

Perempuan

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Ya Tidak

Do you know what are wetlands?

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However, they could not explain accurately what is a

wetland and what is a Ramsar site.

Our findings:

21 respondents either realized themselves, or heard

from others about the decreasing catch in marine life

(fish, crabs, prawns, etc) in their villages. 9 said nothing

had changed and 2 were not sure.

Our findings:

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Ya Tidak Tidak pasti

Do you feel that natural resources in your area are decreasing?

Lelaki

Perempuan

Our findings:

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Ya Tidak Tidak pasti

Do you think that this area should be conserved?

Lelaki

Perempuan

100% agreed to conserve the area for the sustainability

of their livelihoods.

HOW EE IS BEING CONDUCTED TO THE

VARIOUS TARGET AUDIENCES

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o Inviting relevant agencies to help out

depending on issues that suit the audiences

o Considering the ages and backgrounds of

target audiences to select topics

RAMSAR CEPA TRAINING, 2014:

RAMSAR CEPA KIT

To share information about wetlands by using the

Ramsar CEPA Kit.

Community leaders were selected to participate.

23 participants from 6 villages incl. 2 community project (KOPEL and

CAP),a tour agency (KWR) and 3 district forestry office.


RAMSAR CEPA KIT

Wetland ecosystem game: showing

participants how plants and animals

are interdependent in a wetland

ecosystem.

Wetlands BINGO game: getting to

know wetland animals and plants, and

their characteristics.


RAMSAR CEPA KIT

During the visit to SAN Herbarium of Forest Research Centre in Sepilok,

members of the community asked lots of questions relating to mangroves

species.


RAMSAR CEPA KIT

Discussion on action plan. Participants presenting their action plan.


WATER QUALITY AND WASTE MANAGEMENT

Ramsar CEPA, 2015: Follow up from an issue

raised during the previous training in 2014

Participants from 5 villages, Kinabatangan Wetlands Resort,

Kinabatangan District Forestry Office staff members.

o Understands the water condition and the needs to

protect the river



Drainage and Irrigation Department

shared about the importance of

protecting the river

University Malaysia Sabah’s lecturer

present about the wetlands water

condition.

o Understanding and learning how to monitor water

quality, and how to analyse the results



Members of KOPEL demonstrating sampling techniques in water quality

monitoring.

Participants interviewing the Kg. Sri

Ganda community regarding waste

management.



Sharing techniques on

composting kitchen waste.

Discussion on how to manage their solid wastes.



TANAK WETLANDS CAMP III, 2016

17 participants from 2 villages: Kg. Abai and Kg.

Tundon Bohangin


Participants discuss about the

answer during the Wetlands

BINGO. After the discussion, ‘The

Wonder Wetlands’ video was

preview to give them chances to get

the correct answer.

Sepilok Junior Rangers take part in

facilitating the discussion.


Participants practice before going to

the site

o Training on how to use binocular for observation activities

throughout the camp.

A Sepilok Junior Ranger sharing on

proper use of binocular


A participant use the binocular to

observe the activities in his village,

Kg. Tundon Bohangin

o They use binocular to observe the plants, animals and

activities done by community.

Participants observing birds, animals,

and plants


Know the diversity of species of plants and animals,

esp. birds


They learn on how to prepare garbage enzyme

using the fruit waste.


Divided into 3 groups

Discussion on what they want to do for their friends, school and village as a Tanak Ramsar LKSW.


Sense of ownership towards their Ramsar site – Kami Tanak

Ramsar LKSW (We are the children of LKSW Ramsar site).


Create friendship among kids living around the Ramsar site.

EERACE – TEACHER’S COURSE ON EE

Since 2009, Ramsar site was selected as part of

EERace’s location for assignments.

Kg. Abai, Kg. Mumiang, Kg Tundun Bohangin and

Kg. Sri Ganda were chosen as assignments sites

for the EERace.

Example of EERace assignment:

Community’s awareness and perception on Ramsar –

Teachers will know about the conservation efforts

undertaken by various government agencies, NGOs

and communities, and what teachers can do to conduct

EE for their students.


Local community involvement in pre-assignment

tasks and assignments


A major EERace 17 site.

Villagers aware about the efforts being done for

teachers to know about Ramsar


RTM crew and Sabah Air were involved.

HOW EE IS BEING CONDUCTED TO THE

VARIOUS TARGET AUDIENCES

Ramsar CEPA training – Community leaders and

other stakeholders

Tanak Wetlands Camp – Children

EERace – Teachers and community

OUTCOMES

Conducting more events create more opportunity to

meet community leaders through reconnoitre visits prior

to the events

Create rapport amongst government agencies and the

community and working together is better.

Potential active local community involvement (local

champions).

OUTCOMES

Too early to expect any positive change in attitude

towards conservation at this point

EE in Ramsar is not a project: it is a programme. We

will keep doing this.

But we are confident that we will be able to change the

attitude of our future generation in the Ramsar site.

CONTENT

EE in Ramsar: 1. For whom?2. Why is EE and creating

awareness is important?3. What do we want them to

know?

Getting to know the Ramsarcommunity

How is EE being conducted to the various target audiences?

Outcomes

Thank you

Environmental Education (EE) Programme

On Ramsar by Rainforest Discovery

Centre, Sabah Forestry Department

Arni-Natalia binti Arpa

Bernadette D. Joeman

George Hubert Petol

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