charity industry environmentalism founded 1940 ; 76 years ago 1940 headquarters bukit persekutuan kuala lumpur malaysia products lobbying research consultancy sustainable technology . number of employees 50 worldwide website www.mns.my malaysian nature society mns ; persatuan pencinta alam malaysia in malay is the oldest and one of the most prominent environmental not for profit non governmental organisations in malaysia . it was first established as the malayan nature society with the launch of the malayan nature journal in 1940 . initially primarily as a scientific organisation today mns is involved in a wide range of environmental activities and campaigns . in 2008 mns was awarded the inaugural merdeka award for the environment primarily for its efforts in campaigning for the protection of the belum temengor forests of malaysia . mns is a voluntary membership based organisation with approximately 3800 members . mns has pioneered conservation in malaysia for the last seven decades making a difference through habitat conservation and environmental education . through the joint efforts of the members partners and supporters mns has become a strong voice for the protection of the country s natural heritage . the society has branches in most of the states in malaysia . one of the branches was located in singapore due to the historical ties the island state has with malaysia . the singaporean branch later transformed itself into an independent nature society singapore in 1991 . 1 contents 1 vision 2 mission 3 motto 4 mns turns 75 years in 2015 5 principal achievements 6 members activities 7 annual events 8 conservation 9 education 10 parks and nature centres 11 publications and communication 12 logo 13 office 14 notable members 15 references 16 external links vision edit for malaysia s natural heritage and rich biological diversity to be effectively protected managed and conserved for the benefit and appreciation of all malaysians . mission edit to promote the conservation of malaysia s natural heritage . 2 motto edit know nature value nature and act for nature mns turns 75 years in 2015 edit mns marked its 75th anniversary on 5 february 2015 by unveiling its flag at mns headquarters with the attendance of its corporate partners mns members staffs and friends of the media in a simple yet significant press conference . mns has since evolved from a core group of society volunteers to a dedicated team of full time staff and pioneered conservation in malaysia for the last seven decades and ensuring efforts through habitat conservation and environmental education are met and mns has become a strong voice for the protection of our country s natural heritage through the joint efforts of our members partners and supporters . as mns celebrates its platinum jubilee it continues to uphold and stand by its strong principle of promoting and ensuring responsible environmental stewardship in this country . its mission is accompanied by the warrant for malaysia s natural heritage and rich biological diversity to be effectively protected managed and conserved for the benefit and appreciation of all malaysians saving today for tomorrow for 2015 and the next 5 years mns will be focusing amongst other things on saving our threatened wilderness protect forest & marine landscapes saving our threatened wildlife fieldwork advocacy and awareness activities building grassroot support increase awareness monitor highlight and intervention taking action principal achievements edit mns has been credited for a number of conservation achievements as a result of public campaigns . one of the first of these successes was the halting of the quarrying at batu caves in 1980 . this was followed by the creation of endau rompin national park following its expeditions there in 1985 and 1986 . more recently it succeeded in its campaigns to get the northern part of belum temengor declared a state park 3 and for a national park to be established on penang island . mns kuala selangor nature park ksnp was honoured and acknowledged in july 2012 by the selangor state government as one of the best ecotourism sites in the state . in september 2012 mns bagged the eu malaysia chamber of commerce & industry europa 2012 award at a gala dinner in kuala lumpur . mns also received honour by ukm with community engagement excellence award in recognition for its outstanding partnership with universiti kebangsaan malaysia ukm in reaching out to communities . besides mns was honoured the pertubuhan cemerlang or excellent society award by the registrar of societies of malaysia in march 2014 . furthermore mns was awarded by kfemca korean federation for environmental movements in cheonan asan and keec kwang environmental educatio center in january 2015 . mns has also been influential in changing government policy on environmental issues ranging from industrial pollution to wildlife protection to banning shark s fin soup from official government functions . 4 members activities edit mns member activities such as evening talks and excursions on natural history topics are organised through a network of local branches . several branches have special interest groups focusing on one particular activity such as bird watching nature photography or jungle trekking . branches are also active in local conservation projects . annual events edit annually mns organizes 2 major events which focuses on habitat conservation raptor watch celebrated annually since the year 2000 in the first weekend of march this event was created to help promote and conserve the tanjung tuan . this forest is important for the migratory raptors to rest and find food as they travel back to their home in the northern hemisphere . pesta sayap festival of wings held annually in kuala selangor nature park this event focuses on educating local school children and the community of the importance of wetlands to the ecosystem . this festival is held in the month of october during the migration of waterbirds . conservation edit mns sees to the effective management of existing protected areas as well as to establish new protected areas . mns aims to secure an integrated and comprehensive protected area system in malaysia and at the same time build a knowledge base of key habitats and species with the aim to disseminate this information to decision makers . besides mns also identifies threats to the survival of habitats and species in the wild . the mns conservation initiatives are also guided by key documents such as the important bird area iba data which has been compiled since 1997 with the assistance of the mns bird conservation council and birdlife international . conservation is also guided by the mns blueprint for conservation established in1974 which calls for the conservation of notable areas such as national parks reserves islands national monuments wildlife sanctuaries marine reserves and research sites in peninsular malaysia . education edit mns runs a program of nature clubs kelab pencinta alam kpa for schools throughout malaysia . it began with a pioneer group of 12 schools throughout the klang valley and today its membership stands at 318 schools from all over malaysia . the kpa programme aims to encourage interest understanding and involvement in various environmental activities and conservation efforts amongst the school going generation . there are some of special programmes held for kpa for instances national teachers workshop kpa camp and workshop peat swamp study raptor watch and school river basin & water quality monitoring . as the extension of kpa mns introduced the kpa for youth programme which the main purpose for initiative is to encourage youth membership where mns want to cultivate the sense of nature conservation through environmental activities involving youths and communities . coca cola malaysia first partnered malaysian nature society mns to develop the water vision program that aims to inculcate a sense of water conservation amongst youth.in addition mns runs education programs at rimba ilmu of the universiti malaya and at the forest research institute of malaysia frim . 3 parks and nature centres edit mns s parks and centres include kuala selangor nature park nature education centre necs in frim rimba ilmu dark caves at batu caves ecocare centre in kerteh environmental interpretive centre eic vale eco centre in teluk rubiah urban environmental education hub in midvalley megamall boh tea estate chalet in the cameron highlands . publications and communication edit mns reaches out to the public via its website www.mns.my and a number of associated online initiatives see below . in addition mns has the following periodical publications malayan nature journal mnj is the original mns publication that has now become a quarterly peer reviewed scientific journal covering ecology and conservation in malaysia and the surrounding region . malaysian naturalist mn is a popular quarterly magazine on the natural history of malaysia that is free for members and is also sold at newsstands issn 1511 970x . secretariat news is a supplement to the mn that is provided to mns members . pencinta alam is the society s free monthly newsletter . suara enggang is a bimonthly bulletin of the mns bird conservation council focusing on interesting sightings and bird conservation issues . tapir is the quarterly bulletin of the mns kelab pencinta alam kpa school nature clubs . the mns conservation publication series are a collection of reports and advisory papers . logo edit the society logo is based on a malayan tapir . under the iucn red list the species is listed as endangered . the species is distributed in sumatra and the malay peninsula thailand and myanmar . sightings have been recorded at other places such as deeper in the indochina but such reports are unconfirmed . office edit the mns headquarters is located at bukit persekutuan kuala lumpur . 5 notable members edit several notable expatriate and local naturalists have been awarded honorary membership of mns including henry nicholas ridley edred john henry corner john leonard harrison loke wan tho gladys le mare and the 6th earl of cranbrook . past presidents of mns include elliott mcclure and salleh mohd . nor . 6 references edit about nss . extracted november 10 2006 introducing mns . extracted september 19 2012 a b join mns . malaysian naturalist . vol 59 3 2006 . malaysian nature society . channelnewsasia.com malaysian ministry bans shark s fin soup introducing mns . extracted november 10 2006 malayan nature journal external links edit malaysian nature society mns e groups e.g. national mns yahoo group retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title malaysian nature society & oldid 729352902 categories conservation in malaysiaanimal welfare organisations in malaysia1940 establishments in british malayaorganizations established in 1940bird conservation organizations navigation menu personal tools not 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