By: Dr. Okta Nurika, Prof. Dr. Che Zalina Zulkifli, Dr. Mad Helmi Bin Ab. Majid, Dr. Nor Asiah Mohamad@Razak, Dr. Salem Abdullah Salem Garfan, Dr. Suhazlan Bin Suhaimi.
Tanjung Malim, 18 April 2026: As a reward for successful continuous conservation of Malaysia’s wildlife via smart technology, META’s Centre of Embedded Education Green Technology (EduGreen@UPSI) has established a Sustainable Smart Technology for Conservation Research Workspace Lab sponsored by Procter & Gamble (P&G) and World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). The collaboration involves United States (US) and Malaysia as countries of subject matter experts (SMEs).
The lab consolidates SMEs of various faculties comprising Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Education Technology, while its server infrastructure is provided by the UPSI Information & Communication Technology (ICT) department. In addition, the ecological studies are assisted by the UPSI Faculty of Technical & Vocational Education (FTV).
This cross-disciplined team is expected to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) related to nature and wildlife conservation and dispersion of ecological education to wide communities.
The inauguration was attended by local and international key representations from P&G and WWF, who were fascinated by the holistic technological components developed by EduGreen@UPSI; starting from sensors, analytical machines, all the way to monitoring dashboard.
Several wildlife of interest include the endangered Malayan tigers and elephants, while the deployed technology itself is expandable to monitor other biota if needed. As such, the conservation of Malaysian forest as the oldest and most valuable rainforest in the world would be in the safe hands of dedicated and reputable professionals.