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Event Title: RIVER Ranger Penang
20-Jul-2010 to 20-Jul-2010 Past Event
Venue: Theory Session:Bilik Seminar, DID Penang, KOMTAR.
Practical Session / Field work: Taman Botani, Taman Belia & Pusat Informasi JPS Pulau Pinang.

Global Environment Centre (GEC) in partnership with Department of Drainage and Irrigation Penang, GAB Foundation and Ministry of Education Malaysia will be organising a 2-day RIVER Ranger Training on July 20th and 21st. The training comprises of theory and practical sessions that will be held at the DID Penang Seminar Room, KOMTAR and Taman Botani - Taman Belia - DID Penang Information Centre. In addition to the training, there will be a water conservation storytelling session called GABBY by GAB Foundation. Thirty students and teachers from ten schools will be participating in this training.

The ten schools are SK Pengkalan Jaya, Tasek Gelugor; SMK (L) Methodist; SJK (C) Tong San; SMK (L) Al Mashoor, Air Itam; SJK (T) Sungai Pinang; SMK (P) Sir Mutiara; SMK Tunku Abdul Rahman ; SK Balik Pulau; SRJK (C) Jin Sin; SMK Valdor. Details of the training programme is as follows:

Day 1 : July 20th 2010

8.30 am: Registration

9.00 am: Opening Ceremony by DID Penang

9.30 am: Session 1

Introduction to Environment

Module 1: Water Man and River

Module 2: River Basin: Problems and Issues

11.30 am: Session 2

Module 3: Integrated River Basin Management

Module 4: River Management - Hands-On Activity

12.30 pm: Lunch

2.00 pm: Session 3

Introduction to One State One River Programme by DID Penang

Water Auditing

Blogs and Website Training

3.30 pm: Session 4

Introduction to W.A.T.E.R Project by GAB Foundation

Introduction to field work

4.30 pm: End

Day 2: July 21st 2010

9.30 am: Session 5

Field work at Sungai Air Terjun, Taman Botani

River hydrology

Physical monitoring (river report card)

Chemical monitoring (water testing kit)

Biomonitoring

11.00 am: Field work at Sungai Air Terjun, Taman Belia

Biomonitoring

12.30 pm: Lunch

2.00 pm: Field work at Sg Pinang, DID Penang Information Centre

Chemical monitoring (water quality testing)

2.40 pm: Group presentation

3.30 pm: Closing ceremony by Ministry of Education Malaysia

4.00 pm: End


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