Green Educational Park

A. Ladang 16 University Agriculture Park

The University Agriculture Park was established in December 2002 to serve as a research park for UPM and its students to carry out their research and provide necessary facilities for them. Ladang 16 is one of the farm located in the University Agriculture Park which is strategically located at the east of UPM campus and surrounded by North South Highway (PLUS), Kajang Ring Highway (SILK) and ERL train route from Kuala Lumpur (KL Sentral) to Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA). It covers a total area of 120 hectares. This farm consists of
cattle, deer, goat and equine areas. At the same time, the site has an excellence panoramic and natural scenic views. Amongst the aims of the project is to turn the farm into a green educational park whereby the staff and students can continue with their education and research in agriculture and at the same time the public could also participate and enjoy the facilities and natural environment of the site. At the first stage of the project, a site visit is being organised for the student to experience the site and initial site observation. The strength and weakness of the site are being observed as well as the potential and sensitivity of the site with regards to the natural scenic view and
environment and the life stock living in the area. Interview and briefing from the agriculture officers and their staff are carried out in order to get in depth information’s regarding the site. Some group of students also carried out soil test and view analysis from and into the site. Other related and relevant site survey and analysis are also being done by the students in group.

B. Ayer Hitam Forest Reserve, Puchong

Ayer Hitam Forest Reserve in Puchong serves as a natural classroom and an open laboratory for Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) especially for the Faculty of Forestry, UPM. The site has been utilised by researchers and students in their studies regarding forest and its environment as well as for extension activities with the community especially from the Klang Valley area. This is where the Sultan Idris Shah Forestry Education Centre (SISFEC) is situated. The forest reserve which is situated about 20km from UPM is the green lung of the Puchong Township. The forest is surrounded by vast development and new cities which includes Putrajaya, Cyberjaya, Petaling Jaya and Shah Alam. It holds the distinction of being the Low Land Dipterocarp Forest which is still intact and preserved in Selangor. Originally the gazetted land area of the forest reserve are about 4270.7 hectares but eventually at the end of 1980’s, 2638.39 hectares was finally gazetted for a variety of land uses. As mentioned in the SISFEC Faculty of Forestry Booklet (2012), the importance of the site are as follows;
a. Education, research and extension site for UPM
b. Sanctuaries for plants and animals
c. The largest in situ forest rehabilitation initiative in Klang Valley
d. Local Flood mitigation
e. The largest carbon absorption area in Klang Valley
f. Environmental education for the public.

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