Monthly Archives: December 2016

16 December 2016 (Friday) - Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM) Director General (DG) Dato’ Dr Abd Latif Mohmod received the Anugerah Perdana Research and Development (R&D) Icon 2016 award from the National Book Development Foundation (YPBN) yesterday. Abd Latif (third from right) receiving the award from Mustapa (third from left) at the award presentation ceremony. The Minister of International Trade and Industry, Dato’ Sri Mustapa Mohamed, presented the Icon award at a ceremony, held in conjunction with the launching of a book on ‘Dikir Barat’ at the International Book Conference 2016. The conference was co-organised by YPBN, IIUM Press, [...]

12 December 2016 (Monday) - Malaysia received the Gold Award for its new Clearing House Mechanism (CHM) recently at the Thirteenth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP13) held in Cancun, Mexico, 4-17 December 2016. FRIM Forest Biodiversity Division Director Dr Lillian Chua (front, left) holding the trophy and certificate, posing for a pix with other Malaysian delegates, Minister of Environment and Natural Resources for Mexico, Rafael Pacchiano Alamán (centre in white) and FDPM Silviculture and Forest Biodiversity Conservation Director Dato' Azmi Nordin (far right) after a plenary session. The award, accorded [...]