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Canon Goes Green - Padang Kota Damansara 3-Month Post Planting Report

Global Environment Centre Canon Marketing Malaysia 1

PROGRESS REPORT ON PADANG KOTA DAMANSARA

COMMUNITY-BASED TREE PLANTING EVENT [3-MONTH POST PLANTING]

prepared for

CANON MARKETING (MALAYSIA) SDN BHD

MAJLIS BANDARAYA PETALING JAYA (MBPJ)

DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY, SELANGOR

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Background

In partnership with Global Environment Centre (GEC), Majlis Bandaraya Petaling

Jaya; the Department of Forestry, Selangor; Canon Marketing (Malaysia) Sdn.

Bhd., guided by its Kyosei philosophy, launched its Canon Goes Green

campaign which culminated in a tree planting event at Padang Kota

Damansara on 19th October 2008. A total of approximately 2700 seedlings of

indigenous tree species were planted in collaboration with the public and local

community members in Padang Kota Damansara. This report shall provide an

update on the post-planting situation of the seedlings in particular, and of the

general situation at Padang Kota Damansara approximately three months after

the planting event.

Padang Kota Damansara (PKD)

The tree-planting event was undertaken at Padang Kota Damansara

(hereinafter referred to as the PKD), a community park which covers a total area

of approximately 18 acres comprising 10 acres of forested area with the

remaining 8 acres of open field. PKD has been which has been gazetted as a

public park under the management of the MBPJ, and is the process of being

gazetted as a Botanical Area. A green-lung in the heart of the vast developing

area of Kota Damansara, the PKD was a fragment of the Sg. Buloh Forest

Reserve, the first ever forest reserve established in the State. Having been part of

the Forest Reserve, the existing trees in the forest are in good condition. The tree-

planting was undertaken in 14 demarcated zones within the forest area and at

its peripheral, as shown in Figure 1.

Apart from its strategic location as a green-lung in a metropolitan area, the

selection of PKD for the tree-planting was also due to its high potential for further

enrichment of its flora and fauna. Currently being the habitat of a number of

flora including Jelutong, Petai, Pecah-Kaca, and Epil-Epil and fauna such as

long-tailed macaw and squirrels, the introduction of more tree species is

expected to further support the evolvement of the biodiversity of the forest.



Tree Planting Event 19.10.2008

The tree planting event was undertaken on 19th October 2008 involving

approximately 700 participants who consisted of employees of Canon (M) Sdn.

Bhd., staffs of MBPJ, surrounding local communities as well as the general public

who were informed about the event from the extensive promotion undertaken

throughout the “Canon Goes Green” campaign period. The event was

officiated by YB. Elizabeth Wong, the Selangor State Exco for Tourism, Consumer

Affairs and Environment, and was graced with the presence of YB. Tuan Dr. Nasir

Bin Hashim the ADUN for Kota Damansara; Tuan Dr. Yunus Zakaria, the Director of

Department of Forestry, Selangor State; Tuan Hj. Ahmat Mohayeen Bin Hj. Said,

the Deputy Secretary of MBPJ; as well as many representatives from a few

agencies.

The approximately 2700 seedlings planted were selected from two types of

species - dipterocarp and indigenous fruit trees, and are of shade and sun

tolerance depending on the locations of them being planted, with the

former planted in the forest area and the latter at the edges. The selection of

the planting zones had also been considered from the aspect of continuity

whereupon isolated areas such as the island hill (planting zone no.1) to be

linked to the rest of the forest area, as well as the need to revive certain

pockets within the forest area (planting zones no. 10, 13 and 14) which have

started to degrade due to indiscriminate dumping of construction wastes.

The types and number of seedlings planted according to the zones and their

current status are presented in Table 1 below:

In conjunction with the planting event, scheduled maintenance activities

were planned for the seedlings as follows:

1. 2 weeks post-planting event

2. 3 months post-planting event

3. 6 months post-planting event

In addition, immediately after the planting, i.e. the following day on 20th

October 2008, immediate inspection by the staffs of the Department of

Forestry was undertaken to ensure the seedlings were planted properly, and

to remove the polybags used to contain the seedlings before the planting.



Table 1 : Types & Number of Seedlings Planted According to Zones

ZONES TYPES OF

SEEDLINGS

NUMBER OF

SEEDLINGS

STATUS OF

SEEDLINGS

1 – Island Hill • Chengal 270 Seedlings Growing

Well

2 – Fringing

Pond • Ramin Melanis 61

Mostly Perished due

to Nearby Pond

Beautification Work

– to be replaced

3 – Along

Stream • Karas 40

A number mowed

during

maintenance work

– to be replaced

4 – VIP Area

• Chengal

• Damar Minyak

• Karas

• Jambu Bol

• Rambai

• Mata Pelanduk

3

3

41

2

3

1

Seedlings Growing

Well

5 – Across VIP

Area (Higher

Ground)

• Sekiat

• Kempas

370

20

Seedlings Growing

Well

6 – Valley

(Across Zone 5)

• Rambai

• Jambu Bol

• Mata Pelanduk

100

64

19

Seedlings Growing

Well

7 – Main

Entrance • Kempas 140

Seedlings Growing

Well

8 – Edge of Field • Karas 246 Seedlings Growing

Well

9 – Back Fence • Perupok 90 Seedlings Growing

Well

10 – Back Fence • Chengal 90 Seedlings Growing

Well

11 – Along Trail

• Karas

• Chengal

• Mertajam

35

100

230

Seedlings Growing

Well

12 – Along Trail • Karas

• Chengal

93

100

Seedlings Growing

Well

13 – Back Fence

• Bintangor

• Chengal

• Karas

180

180

25

Seedlings Growing

Well

14 – Next to Villa

Damansara

• Chengal

• Karas

130

100

Seedlings Growing

Well

TOTAL 2,736



Seedlings Maintenance 3-Months Post Planting 19 Jan – 10 Feb 2009

The 3 months post planting maintenance was undertaken during the period 19

Jan – 10 Feb 2009. The agreed appropriate maintenance work which was

undertaken has been the application of fertilisers to the seedlings as depicted in

the photos below:

Application of Fertiliser to Seedlings (Zone 8)

Application of Fertiliser to Seedlings (Zone 4 & 5)



Fertiliser Application on Seedlings (Zone 12)

During the site visit to PKD in the undertaking of the maintenance, it was

observed that the seedlings are growing quite well, mostly attributed to the

application of fertiliser in the planting holes prior to the planting.

Healthy Seedlings at Zone 8



Seedlings Growing Well at Zone 1

Seedling On the Slope Along the Stream (Zone 3)



Seedlings at Zone 4 – Planted by the VVIPs

A Healthy Seedling at Zone 5



Seedlings at the Peripheral of the Forest – Zone 7

Seedlings Growing Well – Zone 8



Healthily Growing Seedlings at Zone 9

Close-Up of A Seedling at Zone 10



View of Seedlings at Zone 11 – Along Trail

Seedlings at Zone 12 – Along Trail



Seedlings at Zone 13





The mortality rate of the seedlings is about 5 per cent the perished ones were

those planted on the slopes fringing the pond and the stream at the peripheral

of the forest. Those planted nearby the pond have been adversely affected by

the sports complex development which as verified with the MBPJ, shall include

the improvement and beautification of pond, whilst those along the stream

have been mowed by the maintenance contractor workers during their

maintenance work.

What was left of the approximately 200 - 150 seedlings planted at these zones

are approximately 50 seedlings. That said, we still maintain the targetted

number seedlings of 2,500 since the total number planted on 19.10.2008 was

approximately 2,700. In addition, as advised by the Landscape Department of

MBPJ, the replanting of the perished seedlings would be most appropriately

done around the middle of this year when the sports complex development has

completed.



Seedling at Zone 2

The On-Going Development of the Sports Complex (and the Pond)

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