Public Forum on Protecting Biodiversity

CHEVENING ALUMNI OF MALAYSIA & WWF- Malaysia

Invite you to a Public Forum on
Protecting Biodiversity: Malaysia’s Natural Wealth & Heritage

Malaysia being recognised as one of the 12 mega biologically diverse countries in the world and in conjunction with 2010 being declared by the United Nations as the International Year of Biodiversity, the Chevening Alumni of Malaysia and WWF-Malaysia are pleased to organise this forum.

Details are as follows:

Date:             27th of July 2010 (Tuesday)
Time:            8.00pm-10.00pm (dinner will be served from 7pm)
Venue:          Auditorium (2nd Floor) Bangunan Getah Asli
                      148, Jalan Ampang, 50450 Kuala Lumpur
                      (Opposite KLCC, 5 minutes walk from KLCC LRT Station)
Admission:  FREE

Main Speaker:
*Representative, Ministry of Natural Resources & Environment
“Common Vision on Biodiversity- An Overview of the Government’s Efforts to Protect the Nation’s Heritage”

Fellow Speakers:
*Professor Gurdial Singh Nijar, Faculty of Law- University of Malaya
“Creating Value from Biodiversity- Access to Biological Resources & Benefit Sharing”

*Dato’ Dr. Dionysius S.K Sharma, Executive Director/CEO, WWF-Malaysia
“Saving Our Turtles- Federalising Their Protection & Conservation”

*Dr. E. Sivananthan, Director- Department of Wildlife & National Parks
“Securing Malaysia’s Tiger Heritage- Operationalising the National Tiger Action Plan”

We welcome you to turn up and benefit from the topical discussions concerning biodiversity. Confirm your attendance by registering at info@cheveningalumni.org.my before the 23rd of July 2010. Feel free to circulate this notice.

We look forward to welcoming you to this timely forum.

Nithi Nesadurai (President Chevening Alumni & Dato’ Dr. Dionysius S.K. Sharma (Executive Director/CEO, WWF-Malaysia )

•    The Chevening Alumni of Malaysia is an association of recipients of the Chevening Scholarship awarded by the British Government for study in the United Kingdom. It launched its public forum series in 2007 to raise awareness on topical issues.

•    WWF-Malaysia (World Wide Fund for Nature-Malaysia), the national conservation trust, currently runs more than 75 projects covering a diverse range of environmental protection work aimed at conserving our natural resources to secure our good quality of life and our children’s bright future.
Our mission is to stop the degradation of the planet’s natural environment and to build a future in which humans live in harmony with nature by:
-    Conserving the world’s biological diversity
-    Ensuring that the use of renewable natural resources is sustainable
-    Promoting the reduction of pollution and wasteful production