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JARINGAN KERJASAMA ANTARABANGSAINTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONpenuntut dan orang awam, untuk mempromosikan MARPselain memberikannya publisiti. Kerja-kerja P&P danpengalaman ekspedisi saintifi k juga telah dipamerkan.Penuntut telah diberitahu akan kepentingan danperkaitan kawasan kutub dengan kawasan tropika,dan digalakkan mempelajari sains dan hadapaicabaran persekitaran ekstrim di Antartika. Para saintisMARP juga terlibat dalam syarahan motivasi kepadapenuntut dan guru sekolah rendah, menengah danmatrikulasi. Syarahan-syarahan ini telah diadakan diPetrosains, Pusat Sains Negara dan di beberapa sekolahdi Pulau Pinang.Seminar AntartikaAntarabangsa Malaysia(MISA) Majlis SainsAntarabangsa (ICSU)Jawatankuasa SaintifikForum PenyelidikanAntartikaSemasa MISA, yang dianjur di Kota Kinabalu (21-23 Mac),para saintis dan perumus polisi dari beberapa Negaratelah berbincang mengenai penemuan penyelidikanmereka di kawasan Kutub (polar) dan telah berkongsiidea mencari jalan untuk memperbaiki pengurusanpertubuhan ini. Seminar itu bertemakan ‘Dari Tropikake Kutub’, dan sebanyak 27 oral dan 30 poster telahdipersembahkan. Semasa acara pembukaan, satuMemorandum Persefahaman telah di capai di antaraASM (diwakili oleh Dato’ Seri Dr Salleh Mohd Nor, FASc),dengan Instituto Antarctico Chileno yang membukajalan kerjasama penyelidikan dalam bidang sains biologi,program pertukaran penempatan pelajar dan jaringan.Menerusi sembilan kertas kerja yang dibentangkanJawatankuasa Saintifi k untuk Penyelidikan Antartika-ICSU membincangkan implikasi peningkatan suhu dikawasan kutub. Satu perbincangan saintifi k antarapakar-pakar dari Forum Asia terhadap Sains Kutub,Yayasan Kutub Antarabangsa, ISCU dan JawatankuasaSaintifi k Penyelidikan Antartika. Di forum tersebut,MARP telah juga menyampaikan satu ‘pelawaanuntuk meneliti’ di ATCM akan datang bertempat diDelhi yang dijadualkan pada bulan April 2007 danuntuk IPY 2007-2008, lebih banyak peluang kerjasamapenyelidikan telah ditawarkan kepada para penyelidikkita berhubung sains Artik dan Antartik.promote and publicise MARP. R&D work and scientifi cexpedition experiences were also exhibited. Studentswere also exposed to the importance and relevanceof the polar regions to the tropics, and encouraged tostudy science and face the challenges of the extremeenvironment of the Antarctic. MARP’s researchers werealso involved in motivational talks to students and teachersat primary, secondary and matriculation level. The talkswere held in Petrosains, National Science Center andsome schools in Penang.Malaysian InternationalSeminar on Antarctica(MISA) and InternationalCouncil for Science (ICSU)Scientific Committee forAntarctic Research ForumScientists and policy makers from various countriesdeliberated on their research fi ndings in the polarregions and shared ideas on how to improve themanagement of it, during MISA which was held in KotaKinabalu (21–23 March). The theme of the Seminarwas ‘From the Tropics to the Poles’, and 27 oral reportsand 30 posters were presented. During the openingceremony, a MoU between ASM (represented by Dato’Seri Dr Salleh Mohd Nor FASc), and Instituto AntarcticoChileno was also signed for research collaboration inbiological sciences, student exchange, attachmentprogrammes and networking. The ICSU-Scientifi cCommittee for Antarctic Research Forum discussedthe implications of rapid warming in the polar regionsin nine paper presentations. A scientifi c discussion alsotranspired between experts from the Asian Forum onPolar Sciences, International Polar Foundation, ICSUand Scientifi c Committee for Antarctic Research. Atthe forum, MARP was also invited to observe at thenext ATCM in Delhi which was to be held in April 2007and for IPY 2007–2008, more opportunities for researchcollaboration were also offered to our researchers inArctic and Antarctic sciences.In Pursuit of Excellence in Science 83