Goal Achieved

Oct 1, 2024 | straitstimes.com | Shintaro Tay |Goal Achieved

A mangrove forest probably does not have much in common with Korean pop music. Yet, over the past two decades, mangrove scientist Tengku Zia Ulqodry has been flashing a picture of K-pop star Lee Min-ho to students in his mangrove conservation class at the Sriwijaya University in Palembang. His message to them: Only when people love these ecosystems as much as many do the pop star, can these critical ecosystems thrive in the face of a multitude of threats.