Arkitrekker on September 28th, 2008

I have learned from several sources that the buffer zone to Maliau Basin is to be logged again. It’s unclear as to the extent of the logging but I’ve been told that it will affect the area around the access road, between the gate and the studies centre.

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Arkitrekker on September 21st, 2008

I find myself getting deeper into the shit. I’m not sure how it happened but I have become interested in biogas collectors. This is a device used to collect the biogas (mostly methane) which is emitted when biological waste is digested by bacteria. Arkitrek is working with Camps International to build a demonstration biogas collector at a longhouse near Kudat in northern Sabah.

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Arkitrekker on September 12th, 2008

On the evening of 19th August 2008 we counted over 2300 Plain-pouched Hornbills crossing Lake Temengor. “A record for this year” declared Kim Chye. This is good news for a species that was not known to exist in Malaysia until 1998.

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