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September 25, 2019

Underlying linkage is growing - Third Country Training Programme on Biodiversity

Institute for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sabah (ITBC-UMS) implemented a training of ecosystem conservation for the participants from Asia and Africa. This is the ninth implementation since its inception. Over nearly a decade of implementations built an underlying linkage among practitioners of environment conservation, which was enabled by a unique combination of qualities of this training programme.

PhotoPCM Workshop facilitated by PCM Coordinator of ITBC-UMS (Centre)

A participant from Sri Lanka applied for this training due to a recommendation by her superior who took part in the same training in 2014. Besides, some of other participants had known about the reputation of this training prior to their application. It appears this training is known among practitioners.

What makes this training so reputable? Among many positive feedbacks given by the participants, three outstanding points can be raised: Tagal System, Project Cycle Management (PCM), and cohesive government collaboration.

Tagal System, Tagal means ‘prohibition' in a local language, is indigenous restriction of activities for environment conservation. With Tagal, fishing and littering are prohibited in the protected section of the river, so it allows the fishery to flourish. The local community that involved in Tagal play a role of monitoring, policing, and conservation. Participants understand successful community-based ecotourism through the training.

PCM is a tool to manage development projects. In this training, PCM is employed for participants to manage their understanding of training contents: starting to analyze respective countries' situation, identifying focus of interest during lectures and site visits, and preparing action plans. Participants commended PCM let them analytically relate training contents to their respective situations.

Last but not least, cohesive government collaboration means that various government institutions in the Sabah state government band themselves for environment conservation. The evaluation of participants showed that this collaboration is essential to achieving the objective.

A unique combination of a traditional culture, a modern tool and government collaboration, which reflects endeavors for environmental conservation by Sabah State, is the characteristic of this TCTP. It is expected that this uniqueness be shared with more practitioners internationally for more effective environment conservation.

Training Profile
Course title Third Country Training Programme (TCTP) Integrated Biodiversity and Ecosystem Conservation
Venue Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
Training institute ITBC-UMS (Institute for Tropical Biology & Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sabah)
Partner Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Malaysia JICA
Training period From 4 to 25 September 2019 (22days)
Participants 15 participants from 7 countries (Cambodia, Kenya, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Uganda, Vietnam)

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