BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, 9 Dis – Bagi memberi pendedahan kepada orang ramai mengenai keadaan sukar hidupan liar di Borneo, di samping memberi maklumat tentang senarai hidupan liar yang semakin terancam, Green Brunei dengan sokongan The Collective, sebuah pertubuhan kesenian kreatif tempatan, baru-baru ini, telah menganjurkan Pesta Kesenian Hidupan Liar Terancam di The Collective’s MakerSpace di Batu Bersurat. Seramai 24 penuntut dari Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD), Maktab Duli Pengiran Muda Al-Muhtadee Billah (MDPMAMB) dan Sekolah Antarabangsa Brunei (JIS) yang diketuai oleh Pasukan Green Brunei COP telah menghabiskan masa mereka selama tiga minggu dalam persediaan bagi acara tersebut. Mereka juga telah mengadakan Community Out-reach Programme (COP) bagi tahun Discovery mereka, dengan konsep memberikan pendedahan awal hasil kajian mereka dalam usaha memberikan cara yang unik untuk mempamerkan haiwan. Pelbagai pertubuhan telah menyertai petak…

IT WAS an evening of the arts for a cause recently at a festival dedicated to highlighting the plight of endangered wildlife in Borneo. Organised by non-governmental organisation Green Brunei with the support of local creative arts organisation, The Collective, the Endangered Wildlife of Borneo Art Festival brought together students, various organisations and vendors as well as members of the public to The Collective’s MakerSpace in Batu Bersurat to learn about the flora and fauna that are endemic to the nation and are under threat of extinction. Some of the organisations included the Biodiversity and Natural History Society (BruWild) and Wildlife Club, which helped to raise awareness on the endangered biodiversity in Brunei by providing information to the public. Meanwhile, vendors such as Enya Bijoux, The Green Glass, I Love…

THE Endangered Wildlife of Borneo Art Festival was held recently at The Collective’s Maker Space in Batu Bersurat. It was organised by Green Brunei with the support of The Collective, a local creative arts organisation to highlight the plight of the endangered wildlife in Borneo. According to a press release from Green Brunei, “the current wildlife endangered list was created in 1984 and is now outdated today. The lack of data poses a big threat to several species of flora and fauna, which are currently facing threats to their existence in Brunei”. The project to hold the art festival was led by a group of students from Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD) who are undergoing their Community Outreach Programme (COP) for their Discovery Year. The initial concept for the installations was…

HEADS of Bruneian environmental conservation organisations are hopeful for more commitment from countries to achieve carbon emission reduction targets in the 21st Conference of Parties (COP21) which started in Paris yesterday. In a phone interview with The Brunei Times, Lin Ji, president of BruWILD - a non-government organisation aimed to inform Bruneians on climate change - said countries attending the summit should be more determined in their efforts at curbing climate change. Understanding the difficulty in reducing green house gas emissions, she added that it is crucial the countries achieve their targets as it doesn’t just affect the environment but all aspects including social, political and of economy.   She noted that the biggest contributors of carbon emission include China and the US and if they reach a decision which…