Introduction

Project Orion III - Rovering with Turtles is the 5th Scouts of the World Award (SWA) Voluntary Service Project of the SWA Singapore Base.

The 3rd instalment of this project will be led by 9 Singapore Rovers. They will return to Setiu, a main district in Terengganu, Malaysia where previous instalments of Project Orion were featured.

The primary aim of this project would be the conservation of sea turtles. In addition, the team of 9 will also be involved in Mangrove Replanting, Repair Work for the Village and the World Wildlife Fund for Nature - Malaysia (WWF-Malaysia) who has an Information Centre at Seitu, as well as educating the youths about Conversation efforts and the English Language from the 16th to 30th June 2011. The team will also take charge of the construction and installations of signboards at hatchery and mangrove reforestation sites.

Wednesday 20 July 2011

The saviour of the terrapins


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Wednesday July 20, 2011

The saviour of the terrapins

By FARIK ZOLKEPLI
farik@thestar.com.my


Family passion: Arbi and his son Ashraf checking the turtle eggs at the hatchery in Kuala Baharu Selatan.
SETIU: It is a wild, wild life for forest ranger Arbi Ngah whose “resume” includes being chased by a wild boar and wrestling with monitor lizards.
“I was once pursued by a wild boar whose snout reached my waist. I had to climb a coconut tree to avoid being gored but I could only climb a few metres as a fellow ranger had already climbed the tree before me,” he said.
Despite such a “macho” job, 41-year-old Arbi has a soft spot for the critically endangered painted terrapins.
Arbi patrols Kuala Baharu Selatan, a sanctuary for terrapins. He safeguards the terrapins' eggs from poachers and wild animals.
*Full story in The Star today
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