Local councils urged to employ arborists by 2030

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All local councils are encouraged to employ at least one arborist to manage trees in their areas by 2030.   Deputy Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Aiman Athirah Sabu said currently, only 18 arborists are actively serving 11 local authorities.  Read more at https://shorturl.at/3sGkM  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00For your information, as of now, 89 out of 156 PBTs have their own landscape department or unit

00:09that functions to manage the landscape development in order to ensure that

00:15the management and maintenance of trees are carried out continuously.

00:20For PBTs that do not have their own landscape department or unit,

00:25this function has been carried out by technical units related to PBTs,

00:29out of 89 PBTs, only 18 have their own landscape department or unit

00:40and are still actively serving.

00:42In this effort to strengthen the management and maintenance of trees

00:47in the airport area of this country, KPKT is very keen

00:51to ensure that each PBT has at least one landscape department or unit

00:55before 2030.

00:58In relation to the issue of trees, KPKT sees this as a serious issue

01:03and has also risked the safety of the public.

01:06One of the causes of this incident could be the trees that are already old

01:12in the airport areas.

01:14In fact, there are several actions that have been taken by KPKT.

01:19First, the Green Area Assessment and Maintenance Programme

01:23focuses on trees that are old, risky and dangerous.

01:31Second, the provision of more than 10 guidelines and tree management manuals

01:36as a reference for the PBTs.

01:38Third, the establishment of professional skills among PBTs

01:43who are provided with a platform for learning and training

01:47through technical training

01:51and will continue to be carried out under the KPKT Training Institute or IKPKT.

01:56Participants will be given a presentation on theory and hands-on sessions

02:01covering the aspects of planting and management

02:04as well as the maintenance of amenity trees

02:06based on the Arboriculture and Horticulture guidelines

02:11through an education and teaching model

02:13that has been designed under the Master Gardener module.

02:20For more information, visit www.kpkt.org

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