The U.S. government is looking to help Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei in forest and wildlife conservation projects in Borneo to find solutions to the climate problem, a U.S. official said in Iota Kinabalu, capital of eastern Sabah state of Malaysia, on Thursday.
It was important for the three countries to work together on the transboundary conservation project which will be the biggest conservation project in all of Asia, said Claudia A. McMurray, assistant secretary of the U.S. Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs.
"I think it is the first transboundary conservation project and the reason I want to point out is that if you have just Malaysia doing work, or just Indonesia, or just Brunei, it would be important, but it would not be as valuable as having the three countries working together, " Malaysia's national news agency Bernama quoted her as saying.
McMurray told reporters this when she called on Sabah Chief Minister Auk Seri Musa Aman at his official residence here.
Earlier, she presented Musa with a 68,140 ringgit (20,000 U.S. dollars) donation from the U.S. government for the Ulu-Segama Malua Forest Reforestation Project. She also presented a 136,280 ringgit (40,000 U.S. dollars) donation to Assistant Minister to the Chief Minister Auk Edward Khoo for the Borneo Sun Bear and Bearded Pig Research and Conservation Project.
Musa said the state government welcomed the U.S. government's donation as timely as Sabah was working aggressively in various conservation projects.
"We have very good collaboration with all the NGOs (Non- governmental organization) from all around the world to work together to conserve our forests and we look forward to more cooperation," he said.
Source: Xinhua
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