Malaysia’s Tropical Rainforest Gets Fujitsu Restoration Support

Japanese IT vendor plants 1000 nursery trees at Malaysia Eco-Forest Park; Demonstrates Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) leadership in biodiversity and environment preservation

Kuala Lumpur, 24 December 2012 — Fujitsu, Asia’s leading ICT solutions and services provider, today shares on its 10th “Fujitsu Tropical Rainforest Regeneration Project” (‘FTRR Project’) to restore the lush of tropical rainforests in Borneo.

Fujitsu Malaysia team members (L to R): Zuliyana binti Zakaria, Saravana Kumar A/L Paramasivam, Michele Lum (Marketing Director of Fujitsu Malaysia), R.Jeeva Raman A/L K.Raman.

Launched in 2002, the FTRR project is a voluntary activity which to revitalize 150 hectares of Fujitsu’s Malaysia Eco-Forest Park located at Kinarut, Sabah on the Borneo Island, with the assistance of Sabah Forestry Development Authority (‘SAFODA’) and the Japan International Forestry Promotion and Corporation Center (‘JIFC’).

Malaysian forests have been decimated by slash-burn agriculture, commercial deforestation and palm-oil plantations, therefore restoring the forest has become an urgent concern.

Michele Lum, Marketing Director of Fujitsu Malaysia says, “SAFODA has been trying to recover the original forest with the support of JIFC for the development of tree-planting technologies and the training of technicians.”

“To be exact, the Fujitsu FTRR project advocates the growth of a specific indigenous rainforest species known as the ‘Dipterocarp’ – which is a slow-grow tree species and is decreasing drastically due to the large cut down volume for the manufacture of lauan plywood for export purposes,” says Lum, adding that it is very difficult for the forest to regenerate by itself.

Fujitsu Malaysia (FMS) & Fujitsu Component (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd.(FCM) (L to R): Samri Bin Anin (FCM), Michele Lum (FMS), Zuliyana binti Zakaria (FMS), Mariah Suleiman (FCM), Noor Azah Mohd Ali (FCM), Said Dasuki (FCM), Saravana Kumar A/L Paramasivam (FMS), R.Jeeva Raman A/L K.Raman (FMS).


This year alone, Fujitsu planted 1,000 Dipterocarp nurseries in an event that saw 163 individuals - from Fujitsu Group, SAFODA, University Sabah Malaysia, Embassy of Japan Malaysia and Kinabalu Japanese School, taking part in the tree planting project held from November 23 to December 2, 2012.

Lum further shared, “The survival rate of nursery trees we planted is 48% as of June 2012. Our continuous effort can increase the survival rate by planting new seedings in the areas where trees have died.”

Thus far, Fujitsu has planted a total of 37,500 Dipterocarp nurseries and maintains them with the operating fund gathered via the donation from over 10,000 Fujitsu Group’s employees.

The Creation of Green Zone and Environment Preservation

Lum says, “Tropical rainforests is a very important ecosystem where more than half of Earth’s species live in. The FTRR Project is a long term CSR commitment in Malaysia as the company’s contribution towards biodiversity and environment preservation.”

She adds that Fujitsu has also started surveying the wildlife periodically in the area in order to assess the degree of biodiversity in the tropical rainforest as they regenerate.”

“Moving towards achieving our vision of a Human Centric Intelligent Society, Fujitsu is stepping up its support to establish green ecosystem network in local communities, and take initiatives to realize a greener future,” she ends.


富士通为馬來西亞的熱帶雨林提供恢復支持

日本科技供应商在馬來西亞生態森林公園种植1000棵樹木苗圃;在提供生物多樣性和環境的保護之余，也展现了企業社會責任（Corporate Social Responsibility，CSR）的領導

吉隆坡，24日讯 - 富士通，亞洲領先的科技解決方案和服務供應商，今天宣布其第10屆的“富士通熱帶雨林再生計劃” （Fujitsu Tropical Rainforest Regeneration Project ，FTRR计划），以恢復在婆羅洲 （Borneo）一带茂密的熱帶雨林。

於2002年推出，在FTRR计划，在沙巴州林業發展局（Sabah Forestry Development Authority ，SAFODA）和日本國際協助林業推廣中心（Japan International Forestry Promotion and Corporation Center，JIFC）的协助下， 是一個自性願的绿化活動， 其中以振興位於Kinarut，沙巴州的150公頃的富士通馬來西亞生態森林公園为目标。

馬來西亞的森林已經逐渐因農業焚烧，商業砍伐森林和棕櫚油種植的用途而被破坏，因此，恢復森林已成為一個迫切關注的問題。

林微笑， 大馬富士通的市場總監表示， “SAFODA一直在，通过JIFC的植樹技術發展和技術人員的培訓下， 很努力地在恢復这片原始森林。”

“確切的說，富士通的FTRR计划主張增长一种被稱為”龍腦香“的土著雨林树木- 這是一种緩慢生長的樹棵，並由於集体砍伐来製造柳桉木膠合板出口的目的而大幅減少，“林微笑說， 同时也表示让其森林本身自行再生是件很困難的事。

僅在今年， 富士通在这次的植樹活动中就種植了1000棵龍腦香的苗圃。此次也见163参与者 - 分别從富士通集團，SAFODA，馬來西亞沙巴大學，馬來西亞日本大使館和京那巴魯日本學校，參加了这项于11月23日至12月2日 2012年所举行的活动。

林微笑進一步表示，“我們種植的苗圃樹木的存活率是48％截至2012年6月。我們不斷的努力，在樹木已經死亡的地方重新种植， 以提高植新幼苗的生存率種。“

“到目前為止，富士通共種植了超过40000棵龍腦香幼苗， 并运用在超過10,000富士通集團的員工所收集到的捐款来继续維護这些幼苗的增长。

綠區“的創建與環境保護
林微笑还說，“熱帶雨林是一個非常重要的生態系統，其中一半以上的地球生物居住在此地方。FTRR項目是一個長期的企業社會責任承諾， 是对馬來西亞的生物多樣性和保護環境方面所作的貢獻。”

她補充說，富士通也已經開始定期在該地區的熱帶雨林中重新測量及观察野生生态的成长，以評估生物多樣性的重生长程度。

“欲實現我們的一個以人为本的智能社會（Human Centric Intelligent Society）目標，富士通正加緊在當地社區的绿化支持，建立綠色生態網絡，並採取措施，以實現更加綠化的未來，”她結尾。