Shocking speech by Ex-PM! Are you sure Multi-Racial for #Malaysia is unconstitutional? Many include foreign countries and investors wish to know what got to say from Malaysia Parliament. All they know is Malaysia has more than one ethnics before and after independence in 1963 living in harmony. #Sarawak #Sabah
https://piped.video/watch?v=yb4jAp3C20M&t=5

I adored this #dance when it came out. It is called "Nambuyunan" and it is inspired the movement of birds with deep roots in #Sabah's Murut community. This was performed by primary's school students - they are so talented! They won the no. 1 prize in the 2019 Dance Cup.

Ps: I wish #Malaysian dances arent always in potato quality videos 😅

#Malaysia #TOOTSEA #Culture #ExpatAsia

OK ok I promise this is the last traditional dance from #Malaysia but how can I Not share the Magunatip - the bamboo dance of Murut warriors from Sabah. This is like, one of my favourite dances and one I will probably fail in 🤣

Hello ada Sabahans on #Mastodon?

#Dance #Culture #TOOTSEA #Sabah

https://youtu.be/KOR21OL9VTc

Cartoonish looking lantern bugs in Sabah #wildlife #insects #sabah

Back from sandakan, Sabah. Much amazing wildlife. #sabah #nature #wildlife #animals

"KOTA KINABALU: Sabah is now the proud owner of a Unesco Triple Crown site, the third in the world to have such distinction following the declaration of the Kinabalu National Geopark as the Kinabalu Unesco Global Geopark
[...]
Kinabalu Park’s two other Unesco “crowns” are the World Heritage Site (declared on Dec 2, 2000) and the Unesco Crocker Range Biosphere Reserve (declared on June 12, 2014)."

https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2023/05/26/kinabalu-national-geopark-declared-unesco-global-geopark

#Malaysia #Sabah #Kinabalu #Parks #Nature

oyen

#cat #caturday #meow #kucing #katze #Malaysia #Sabah #oyen #ginger

I may yet post some reflections on my newsletter Movable Worlds in the near future—but for now, you can follow https://instagram.com/emilydingwrites to see the photo journal I am sharing of my reporting trip.

Start here: https://instagram.com/p/CrNlh91pa2t

These two photos were taken at my first stop: the village of Mumiang.

#Kinabatangan #Sabah #Malaysia #Borneo #wetlands #mangroves

...This is a reminder not to overlook them. Let's recognise the gifts of nature we have before they're on the brink of disappearing.

Also, do wait for the page to finish loading before scrolling through: https://betweenthelines.my/sabahs-custodians-of-the-mangrove-forests-between-land-and-sea/

& Don't forget to subscribe to BTL if you're interested in Malaysian news. The team publishes curated summaries as well as original reportage "specials" like my story. Sign up here: https://betweenthelines.my

#edwrites #journalism #mangroves #Sabah #Malaysia

As Wen and I wrote:

"With this project, we’re attempting to explore a few questions: How effective have [conservation] efforts been and what gaps remain? Can Indigenous communities make a greater case for their economic and conservationist roles, so often underestimated and undervalued? How can local communities and conservationists work with the authorities in common cause? What does proactive, not just reactive, stewardship look like?"

https://rainforestjournalismfund.org/projects/sabahs-mangrove-defenders

#Sabah #Malaysia #mangroves

Last year, an ex-colleague and I applied for a grant from the Pulitzer Center's Rainforest Journalism Fund to explore stories in #Sabah's mangroves. Initially we explored a few other leads, but landed in the end on #mangroves (not technically rainforests but I guess connected enough to the fund's concerns). I'd long found these intertidal forests to be incredibly evocative and knew how crucial they are for mitigating our climate crisis, and felt that they should be given a little more attention.

@ollicle I extracted myself, because I remembered about the “ 'the notorious debacle of the Low's Gully expedition”, a bit over 10 years previously and improvised. It was humbling to realise I’d made similar mistakes.

My Gulley was smaller and had a traversable exit.

#AndyGilbert / #SouthChinaMorningPost / #Sabah / #Borneo <https://www.scmp.com/article/155494/armys-low-point-lows-gully>

I meant to post this a while back. Do watch this short film shot by Yih Wen Chen, telling the story of how large swathes of #mangroves in Pitas, Kudat were cleared for #Sabah's largest #aquaculture farm, which failed to take off (along with any promises of jobs to alleviate poverty)—leaving local villagers to pick up the mess and rehabilitate what's left: https://rainforestjournalismfund.org/stories/video-struggle-save-mangroves-forests-northern-sabah

#Malaysia #deforestation

RT @P_Casuabiota
Infrutescences of the 5 Casuarinaceae species from #Sabah. (from left to right) #Gymnostoma_sumatranum, #G_nobile, #Ceuthostoma_terminale, #Casuarina_cunninghamiana, #C_equisetifolia

RT @P_Casuabiota
Fazendo provas de batido de vermicompost. Antes de marchar de #Sabah tenho de deixar montado um ensaio de decomposição da broça de #Ceuthostoma_terminale. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1631614162936950787

Good morning Uols. It's 31C but it feels like 36C. It's a brilliantly sunny day but I'm at home watching the hamsters run around. Mama died suddenly which was sad but at least the 8 younglings were weaned (barely) so they're fine. #weatherreport #sandakan #sabah #borneo The two in the video are from an earlier litter! 10 pups in about 8 weeks...I'd die of exhaustion too!

Good morning uols. It's 31C in #sabah but feels like 35C. Quiet morning for #ashwednesday but still thinking of the #pancakes we had for #shrovetuesday #pancakeday 😁🤣

A árvore do caucho (Hevea brasiliensis) vem da América do Sul, mas em #Sabah cultiva-se em muitos lugares. Vam-se fazendo cortes no caule para que a árvore liberte o látex. O látex verque-se em grandes bandexas onde se engade ácido para que calhe e fazer placas para vender.

Good morning. #weatherreport 30C but feels like 37C. Mostly sunny and how! On #sapiisland in #sabah #northborneo

Gooooooodddd MORNIN' uols. It's around 30C where I'm at but feels like 35C in #petalingjaya #malaysia and #weatherreport says its mostly sunny with the possibility of showers in the evening. Off to #Sandakan in #sabah for a bit to visit the #beloved #lgbt #longdistance but at least he's still in the country!