The Role and Function of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Permanent Forest Reserve in Research and Education
The UKM Permanent Forest Reserve is an area within the main campus of UKM in Bangi, developed in an area formerly known as Bangi Forest Reserve (BFR). This 138 ha (340 acres) of recovering logged-over forest, inclusive of some 81 ha of ecological research area was formally gazetted in 1993 as UKM...
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Universiti Putra Malaysia Press
1999
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| Online Access: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/3801/1/The_Role_and_Function_of_Universiti_Kebangsaan_Malaysia.pdf http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/3801/ |
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| Summary: | The UKM Permanent Forest Reserve is an area within the main campus of UKM in Bangi, developed in an
area formerly known as Bangi Forest Reserve (BFR). This 138 ha (340 acres) of recovering logged-over forest,
inclusive of some 81 ha of ecological research area was formally gazetted in 1993 as UKM Permanent Forest
Reserve to safeguard and prevent further development of this green area. This was further reiterated in the UKM
Sustainable Forest Policy which was introduced in 1997. The BFR was part of what was used to be known as
Langat Basin Forest area which is now very much fragmented into various pieces of small left-overs. The close
vicinity of the forest to the campus has been one of the main reasons for the extensive utilisation of the area
for student research projects. Since the early days of its development, the planners of UKM have envisaged
holistic concept of having the campus to resemble a botanic garden as a whole to serve as living laboratories
for the use of UKM students in education and research. As a result, UKM has set an example and currently
hold one of the best germplasm collections of ornamental plants, especially palms and ferns collections in
Malaysia. The UKM Permanent Forest Reserve is an important carbon sink green area in the Langat Basin
as well as a biological laboratory and open classroom for UKM students. |
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