Shorebirds are easy to miss but impossible to forget once you start paying attention, which is something the team behind the Shorebirds Peninsular Malaysia Project has been proving for nearly a decade. Through surveys, talks, community outreach and partnerships at home and abroad, they’re helping Malaysians see and value the species that depend on our wetlands. To walk us through this work and why it matters, we’re joined by ornithologistDr Nur Munira Azman, the coordinator of the Shorebirds Peninsular Malaysia Project, and a lecturer at the Biology Department of the Science and Mathematics Faculty at Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris, and Dr Aini Hasanah Abd Mutalib, co-researcher with the Shorebirds Peninsular Malaysia Project, and a research officer at the Institute of Tropical Biodiversity and Sustainable Development, at Universiti Malaysia Terengganu.

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Produced by: Juliet Jacobs

Presented by: Juliet Jacobs

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Categories:  environment,  education

Tags:  shorebirds,  habitat protection,  Shorebirds Peninsular Malaysia Project,  Teluk Air Tawar–Kuala Muda,  the bigger picture,  earth matters,  coastal conservation,  migratory birds,  mangroves,  bird migration,  coastal development,