About
Today Sabah’s economy lags behind other states of Malaysia. However with ecotourism contributing to the states economy and abundant agricultural produce such as palm oil Sabah is starting to catch up. But is this sustainable and are ecosystems being conserved?
It is the catching up we will be looking at with the ‘Voices of Sabah’ project. We will also be looking at the conservation of ecosystems and producing educational resources based around the palm oil cultivation, logging and the conservation of the Rainforest ecosystem.
Sabah is characterised by steep mountains and narrow lush valleys teeming with magnificent wildlife and marine life, Danum Valley and the rainforest area where we spend the last five days will allow us the chance to study the biodiversity and the importance of the rainforest.
The whole aim of this expedition is to also meet and converse with Sabah students and with them to study the ecosystems and compare views on how the country should develop while protecting the natural resources and ecosystems found in the country. Economic growth is
important to Sabah but so is conservation and sustainability.
We will be recording this through a variety of methods but our website will be available to all to see, we will blog during the expedition and we will with the expert help of Quintin Lake, our professional photographer and Sam Hillcox will be producing for publication our educational resources and our photographic diary of the expedition.
Expedition Aims
To understand the views of teenagers from Sabah and UK about the conservation of ecosystems, especially rainforests.
We will be completing:
- Photograph Diary to be produced as a book on our return
- Educational Material for Schools in Sabah and UK
- Voice recordings by Video Camera for use as a record of issues and opinions
- A full log book recording all wildlife observed
- A blog for this Website at regular intervals during the twelve days
