In a bid to balance development and care for Mother Nature, the Perak Menteri Besar Incorporated (MB Inc) has planted 75,000 trees.
Among the species are from the bakau, berembang and ketapang trees and endangered species from November 2020 to September this year.
This is in line with the Perak Tree Planting campaign.
MB Inc chief executive officer Anuar Zainal Abidin added that the tree planting initiative was taken for sustainable development.
“Although projects under MB Inc involve mining, quarries, housing and hydro plants, we also do our bid to save the environment.
“We also clean the rivers and plant trees in order to have sustainable development,” said Anuar at a press conference.
He also disclosed that the trees are good for avoiding erosion near river banks,” he added.
This initiative is also to help the Orang Asli community in their villages like Kampung Air Bah, Kampong Asu Hulu Perak and Kampung Kerawat where some 9,620 coffee trees have been planted.
The Orang Asli are also given training on planting and maintaining the trees by the coffee tree planting experts so that they can generate income from the yield.
For this project, MB Inc had spent about RM1 million to plant all the 75,000 trees.
Kudos to MB Ic for being a shining example of what a GLC can do for the community and environment.