PETRA-UNDP Mangrove Regeneration Community-led Environment Project
  PETRA (Miri) Marine Environment Conservation Project

PETRA-UNDP MANGROVE REGENERATION COMMUNITY-LED ENVIRONMENT PROJECT



To share our beliefs in sustainable development practices (HSSE) externally, the company embarked on an environment-related CSR project involving the Local Community. The Mangrove Regeneration Community Project was created to portray a new dimension in the company’s environmental practices.

 

What is it	A two-year environmental pilot project with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in collaboration with the Terengganu S tate Government and University Malaysia Terengganu (UMT)
What was the objective	• To create awareness of HSSE. • To promote sustainability of the local environment – in the utilisation of objective land and resources • To generate supplementary income for the local community • To involve community participation • To enable Petra to “give back” to the community/local environment in which it operates
Activities Conducted	• Replanting 10,000 mangrove saplings on a 8-hectare mangrove ecosystem in Conducted Setiu, Terengganu • Create a co-operative for the community to promote an increase in economic activity via various community initiatives (mangrove nursery, tourism) • Creation of a mangrove management plan for project replication elsewhere • To inculcate environmental values to school children, Petra initatied the formation of  "Environment Clubs" in 2 primary schools, located within the project vicinity to create greater awareness of the mangrove ecosystem.
Benefits	• Improves the Bio-diversity of the mangrove ecosystem • Provides S upplementary income for the communities through produce from mangrove vegetation, eco-tourism and others • Promotes awareness among the local community on sustainable management of mangrove ecosystem • Project site becomes a ‘living laboratory’ for UMT • Provides a documented management plan for replication of mangrove regeneration elsewhere

MARINE ENVIRONMENT CONSERVATION PROJECT (MIRI, SARAWAK)

Given the nature of Petra Energy’s offshore work in the upstream oil and gas industry the company take a serious view about environment conservation. In fact, it operates on the premise that environment conservation is a shared responsibility. This can be done by engaging all of our employees, contractors and the public on keeping our environment clean at all times.