UTM SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION TO MOUNT KINABALU, UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE
28 February – 05 March 2020 @ Sabah 🇲🇾
Today is a warm up session, hiking to Maragang Hill. For info “Meragang” is small red monkey that leave here – but unfortunately we we don’t see one.
Ready for tomorrow Mount Kinabalu hike.
“From global agenda to local action”
In conjunction to Science and Technology for Disaster Risk Reduction (STDRR) Week 2020
This scientific expedition lead by Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) with the support of Sabah Parks, Department of Mineral and Geoscience, Ministry of Water, Land, and Natural Resources, Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University Japan, Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry (CRIEPI) Japan & Geomapping Technology Sdn Bhd (GMT).
This expedition aims to commemorate 5-yrs Sabah Earthquake and acquire some scientific data for better understanding of mountain geohazard processes, activities and impacts. This expedition is an important step to support any DRR strategies in the UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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