About MESCOT
Kinabatangan, Sabah, Malaysian Borneo
Today, all of the MESCOT Initiatives fall under the umbrella of the Batu Puteh
Community Eco-Tourism Co-operative (KOPEL Bhd.). This community-based co-
operative combines and coordinates the village eco tourism activities of:
•
The Miso Walai Homestay Program;
•
The Wayon Tokou Nature Guide Association;
•
The Mayo do Talud Boat Service;
•
The MESCOT Culture Group; and the
•
Tungog Rainforest Eco Camp (TREC) (New!)
It also combines and coordinates the following conservation
interventions:
•
Floodplain Forest Habitat Rehabilitation; and
•
Wetland Lake Rehabilitation.
The spirit of MESCOT is so very much alive that many
members of the Batu Puteh community prefer to go by the
name MESCOT.
The MESCOT Initiative embodies the spirit of
empowerment, opportunity, and hope. MESCOT has
already inspired a generation of youth within the four
villages of the Batu Puteh locale and hopes to continue to
be a model for long-term conservation and economic
development within the Lower Kinabatangan.
Community Eco-Tourism Co-operative (KOPEL Bhd.). This community-based co-
operative combines and coordinates the village eco tourism activities of:
•
The Miso Walai Homestay Program;
•
The Wayon Tokou Nature Guide Association;
•
The Mayo do Talud Boat Service;
•
The MESCOT Culture Group; and the
•
Tungog Rainforest Eco Camp (TREC) (New!)
It also combines and coordinates the following conservation
interventions:
•
Floodplain Forest Habitat Rehabilitation; and
•
Wetland Lake Rehabilitation.
The spirit of MESCOT is so very much alive that many
members of the Batu Puteh community prefer to go by the
name MESCOT.
The MESCOT Initiative embodies the spirit of
empowerment, opportunity, and hope. MESCOT has
already inspired a generation of youth within the four
villages of the Batu Puteh locale and hopes to continue to
be a model for long-term conservation and economic
development within the Lower Kinabatangan.
History & Background
The For a millennia the indigenous ”Orang
Sungai” people of the Lower Kinabatangan
have been living off the rainforest for food,
medicine, household commodities and
products of trade.....
Sungai” people of the Lower Kinabatangan
have been living off the rainforest for food,
medicine, household commodities and
products of trade.....
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