The purpose of their visit is to find out more about the research and development (R&D) in plantation forest carried out by FRIM.
The delegates were greeted by FRIM Corporate Management Unit Head Puan Norhayati Nordin and Natural Forest Programme Head Dr Ismail Harun who gave a briefing on FRIM.
They were also briefed on the institute’s R&D activities related to plantation forests by FRIM Senior Research Officer Dr Wan Rasidah A. Kadir.
The delegates who were accompanied by some Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) representatives also visited the FRIM plantation forest’s nursery.
On 23 November, FRIM received a delegation from the Melbourne School of Land and Environment (MSLE), University of Melbourne, who were here to discuss possible collaborative research and post-graduate training in relevant fields.
The six delegates led by Dean of MSLE Prof. Dr Richard Roush were greeted by FRIM’s Deputy Director General Dr Abdul Rahim Nik, Human Resource Management Director Puan Wan Rahmah Wan A. Raof and several other senior research officers.
Earlier this month, FRIM also received visitors from CIRAD (Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le development), a French scientific organisation specializing in agricultural research for development for the tropics and subtropics.
The group led by CIRAD Southeast Asia Regional Director Dr Jean-Guy Bertault based in Jakarta, called on FRIM Deputy Director General Dr Abdul Rahim Nik at his office on 6 November 2009.
