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Official Programme
LANGKAWI NATURE FESTIVAL 2012 PROGRAM Day 1 - Friday 23 November 2012 07:00 AM - Eco Walk –Keeping Langkawi Wild at Gunung Raya 11:30 AM - Conclusion 10:30 AM - Onwards Nature Trade & Exhibition Fair at Langkawi Fair Shopping Mall 03:00 PM - 07:00 PM : Talks and workshops at Andaman Hotel - Butterfly Talk by Dr. Laurence G Kirton - Langkawi Wildlife Photography Workshop by Graeme Guy 08.30pm : Dinner 10.00pm : Onwards Owling (part of BBBC) at Gunung Raya Day 2 - Saturday 24 November 2012 08:00 AM – 07:00 PM : Langkawi Bird & Butterfly Count Opening Ceremony & Flag Off at G.Raya & Lubuk Semilang…
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Dr. Laurance G Kirton
Laurence Kirton is an entomologist by profession, and Head of the Biodiversity and Conservation of Fauna Programme in the Forest Research Institute Malaysia. His interest in butterflies began in his childhood and has continued into his professional career as a researcher. He holds a PhD in entomology and ecology from Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine, London, and has authored many scientific and popular articles on Malaysian butterflies.
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Book: Langkawi Island of Mysterious Legend
This is photographic collection of the author’s travel in Langkawi set in a coffee table styled format for the reader. Each featured photograph has an accompanying story or a narrative poetic like description on Island life, her people, notes on culinary discoveries, travel tips on the Island, touristy attractions and so on.
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Saving The Rest Of The Rainforests
Malaysia is home to probably the oldest rainforest in the world. 130 million years to be exact. The forests all over the country is facing a constant threat from logging and development. We but cannot look at it inwardly but in a global perspective.
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Shaaban Arshad
Shaaban comes from a family well-known for their knowledge as traditional Herbalist and Medicine men. Shaaban has inherited much of his family knowledge and has an intimate knowledge of the rainforest and jungle. As a young man he used this knowledge of the rainforest to earn income by collecting herbs to treat the patients that visit his father.
