“Save Our Shores”, Scouts of The World Voluntary Service - Penang Group

Abstract— This activities are carried out to rearrange, make good on the previous week planted trees. Beside that also to cleaning out the rubbish which trapped inside mangrove forest. After the rubbish had been clean up, the another 100 mangrove trees had planted into the same area. Otherwise of planting, team members also to seedling mangrove trees for future.

Index Terms— Tree Planting, Rubbish Cleaning, Make Good, Seedling

I. INTRODUCTION

Continue from previous week activity which 500 trees are planting with local scouts, this week the team continue their mission to continue to focus on working with PIFWA with focused mission toward the conserving Mangrove Forest. 500 trees planted still the concern SWV Team, the team had to made sure of high survive rate for those works had done before. Beside planting and recording the data inside mangrove forest, the team also to collect the rubbish in the mangrove forest and bring our from mangrove forest. Most of the rubbish are recyclable and can be sold to generate income for the association. The team also concern on the sustaining of the young sapling which will required in future, thus a session of seedling on young sapling had been conducted.

A.Objective of Activities1. To clean up rubbish trapped inside mangrove forest.2. To seedling 100 mangrove trees.3. To plant 100 mangrove trees.4. To make good of previous planted mangrove trees and to

record percentage of survive.

B.Task of Activities

Saturday (7 February 2015)

All the team member gather at fast food restaurant and car pool to depart to base at Sungai Chenaam. Team reach at Sungai Chenaam after 45 minutes of road travel. The weather is shinny and the sea tide was at low level tide. 2 volunteer from PIFWA include Mr Illias to be with the team.

Figure 1: Selfie before start of 3rd Week

The team had been brief for 3rd week task before start of work. After briefing and preparation, team moved into targeted are to start for tasking. On early morning, the rubbish cleaning area focused on the place last time during SW Discovery and Area Planted by Exabytes Network Sdn Bhd. Total of 3 rubbish bag had carry inside forest to pack out every trash-able items.

Figure 2 & 3: “Siput” found on the mangrove and cleaning rubbish

On late morning, the focused are of cleaning move up to north 200 meter for current site. The team to clear the rubbish to gather in a spot before entering into rubbish bag.

Week 3 Progress Report -100 Mangrove Trees Planting and Seedling, Rubbish Cleaning & Settlement of Previous

Planted Trees WONG KOK NIAN, ONG SHY HANN, ONG KAI XUAN, LEE HOOI HOOI, CHEW KOK RUI,

SHARONJIT KAUR MEI SZE A/P MOON SINGH, RASHMINDER KAUR MEI HAN A/P MOON SINGH, TAY CHIH HERN

Scouts of The World Voluntary Service Team - Penang Rover Scouts Secretariat - The Scouts Association of Malaysia, Penang State

“Save Our Shores”, Scouts of The World Voluntary Service - Penang Group

Figure 4: Rubbish Carried out from Mangrove Forest

While on afternoon, the team had move to seedling site to carry out the trees that need to plant. All trees moved up to PIFWA van to carry to site. The seedling site is about 4 km away from the Small Education Centre. Total 2 trip need to be made due to the limitation of space in van.

2 team standing by at both location, one team loading at seedling site while one team unloading at planting site. After the trees unload from van, all need to carried into middle of mangrove area where that place suitable for planting.

Figure 5: On mobility to seedling and planting site

All required equipments carried along into the planting site. Specific job distribute among the team members, such as digging hole, cutting of polybag, placing the mangrove trees at suitable are and to playing around with mud to fill in trees and holes.

Figure 6: Planting of Mangrove Trees

After all the trees had been planted, the team separate around the previous week’s planting site to do settlement for planted trees. Some of the trees which had fall or incline, the team will need to repositioning and to provide support to that. While for the plant which fail to grow will need to taken out and for record.

Sunday (8 February 2015)

All the team member gather at fast food restaurant at Juru early 7 morning and car pool to depart to base at Sungai

Chenaam. After reach at Small Education Centre, the team prepare for items need to bring to seedling site including a barrier of water for cleaning all had load to the van.

The team rode on van drove by Mr Illias to travel to Seedling Site from Small Education Centre. Along the journey will pass by Sungai Chenaam Village and many small fish pond.

Figure 7: Seedling Site

Figure 8: Trees arrange accordingly at seedling site

Figure 9: Briefing by Mr Illias

Figure 10: Fruit of Mangrove Trees

The seedling site is just near with the border of Penang State and Perak State. According to Mr Illias, the seedling site need to be strategic and where the tide can be reach so that that sea water will automatically to watering the young sapling.

First task after reach the site is to unload all item from van and locking the van because of that area will have plenty of monkey. All item taken into the seedling site. The seedling site now had been gated because of few months ago got invasion of wild boar damaging the young sapling.

“Save Our Shores”, Scouts of The World Voluntary Service - Penang Group

Figure 11: Opening up and folding of polybag

Figure 12: Filling the mud into polybag using bare hand

Polybag distribute among the team members and Mr Illias shown the way to open up and fold the polybag before fill with mud. The seedling area is muddy. All the process are using bare hand to dig the mud and fill it into the poly bag.

Figure 13: Filled poly bag arrange accordingly and seed to be spike into the mud.

The filled poly bag to be arrange accordingly. After that the fruit of mangrove trees in stick shape to be spike into the poly bag.

II. THEORY

The primary goals of conservation and protection of coastal wetlands and mangrove forests are to increase public awareness and education about these habitats, provide designated conservation areas, and integrate coastal wetland/mangrove restoration into current coastal planning. National governments have not been able to regulate development and industry effectively to save many wetlands, and current developments are not adequately planned and implemented to provide conservation, restoration, and mitigation measures for nearby wetlands. Meanwhile, stricter local governmental regulations and enforcement protecting mangroves are necessary. Also, involvement of local communities in sustainably managing and protecting their coastal resource base, including the nearby mangrove forests, is essential.

III. ACTIVITIES RESULT

A.Activity Area of Rubbish Cleaning, Mangrove Planting, Settlement, Seedling

Figure 14: Map of Rubbish Cleaning Area

Figure 15 – Map of Previous Planted Trees Settlement

“Save Our Shores”, Scouts of The World Voluntary Service - Penang Group

Figure 16 – Map of Mangrove Planted

Figure 17 – Map of mangrove tree seedling area

B.Data of Activities

Rubbish Cleared From Mangrove Area

1. Total of 2 big rubbish bag had cleared and with total weight of 50kg.

2. Half of the rubbish are recyclable.3. Breakdown of the rubbish which had collect in

mangrove forest: Plastic Bottle Glass Bottle Aerosol Can Lubricant Oil Container Wine Bottle Shoes Ball Polystyrene Watch

Figure 18: Rubbish collected before place into trash bag

Tree Planting

1. Total of 100 trees had been planted.2. Species of planted trees all are Rhizophora apiculata

(Pokok Bakau Minyak)3. Each distance from tree to tree is 5-10 feets.

Figure 19: Trees Planting in action

Tree Seedling

1. Total of 100 poly bag of trees base and 100 trees had been seeded.

2. Species of trees seeded are Rhizophora apiculata (Pokok Bakau Minyak) and Bruguiera gymnorrhiza (Pokok Tumu Merah)

“Save Our Shores”, Scouts of The World Voluntary Service - Penang Group

Figure 20: Trees Planting in action

Settlement

1. 2 percent (10 trees) of trees planted out of total (500 trees) need to readjust to continue survive.

2. Only 1 percent (5 trees) planted trees out of total (500 trees) are failed to survive due to several reason

Figure 21: Miss Ong Shy Hann is adjusting the trees where had fall.

IV. ANALYSIS

Discussion

1. Mangrove forest serve as natural rubbish trap, where when the rising tide bring in the rubbish, while descending tide will trap the rubbish.

2. Major of the rubbish are man made.3. Seedling of young sapling is using the fruits of

mangrove trees. The season of fruiting is on June to August.

4. Size of poly bag determine the duration of young sapling to grow before transfer to planting site. PIFWA is using 10” x 8” polybag and it is allow to be grow 6 – 12 months before move to planting site.

V. CONCLUSION

1. 50kg of rubbish cleared from mangrove forest.2. 100 trees had been planted and seeded.3. Previous planted trees had made good and rate of survive

had recorded.