Having the "International Bornean Frog Race 2021" on a virtual format this time round

 I had the pleasure of officiating the virtual launching of the popular "International Bornean Frog Race 2021" which this time round it is based a virtual format. It is an exciting annual event which had been in our Sarawak's tourism calendar  where we welcome participants who include ecotourists, conservationists, scientists, resource managers, students and many others.

The International Bornean Frog Race is organised annually by the  Institute of Biodiversity and Environmental Conservation of Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) and is a community’s conservation movement that had received good support from governmental agencies because it attracts public attention to Sarawak and Malaysia’s rich biological diversity. The Race is organised by the

It is supported by the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture Sarawak, and in this version, the race will be taking place across Borneo with the main component of the race itself is basically a photographic competition. It is exciting because the competition is pitting all of the participants' creativity and resourcefulness in finding, photographing frogs and other amphibians, along forests and fields of any locations on Borneo. Apart from encouraging the participants to come over our national parks and other jungle areas of Sarawak, the organiser had also organised other activities comprising talks, workshop, exhibition, documentary screening and prize presentation ceremony.