About MESCOTKinabatangan, Sabah, Malaysian BorneoToday, all of the MESCOT Initiatives fall under the umbrella of the Batu PutehCommunity 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 conservationinterventions:•Floodplain Forest Habitat Rehabilitation; and •Wetland Lake Rehabilitation.The spirit of MESCOT is so very much alive that manymembers of the Batu Puteh community prefer to go by thename MESCOT.The MESCOT Initiative embodies the spirit ofempowerment, opportunity, and hope. MESCOT hasalready inspired a generation of youth within the fourvillages of the Batu Puteh locale and hopes to continue tobe a model for long-term conservation and economicdevelopment within the Lower Kinabatangan.
History & BackgroundThe For a millennia the indigenous ”OrangSungai” people of the Lower Kinabatanganhave been living off the rainforest for food,medicine, household commodities andproducts of trade.....