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00:03 To ensure the safe crossing of treetop animals across the busy stretch of Jalan Lembah Permai
00:08 in Tanjong Bunga, a residential road canopy bridge was built.
00:13 Constructed using sustainable and eco-friendly methods, the crossing, situated six metres
00:19 above the ground, is made from a fire hose connected to two poles on each side of the road.
00:25 So the objective of Nomi Crossing is to establish coexistence between humans and non-human primates,
00:31 basically urban monkeys, so that this road canopy bridge can serve as a crossing and reminder for
00:37 the people on the ground to remember regarding their natures and roots, as well as we are
00:41 co-sharing spaces with our urban wildlife neighbours. Yap explained that the team had
00:47 identified at least four groups of dusty langurs living in the Lembah Permai area, which have lost
00:53 their homes due to deforestation, habitat loss and other factors.
00:58 In Penang, we are blessed with the hills and the sea. So in the hills of Penang, you can find lots of
01:02 different mammal species ranging from monkey species to squirrels, even the reptiles and amphibians.
01:08 For Lembah Permai area over here, of course you can see the dusty langurs, but the long-tailed macaques
01:13 are also not really far from here, as well as the squirrel species and various small invertebrates
01:17 that we can spot them. So from our first bridge, Xperia Interlopaha, where we installed the first
01:23 road canopy bridge in Malaysia back in 2019 and also redesigned in 2020, we recorded more than
01:29 seven species of wildlife using the canopy bridge, including mammals, reptiles, amphibians,
01:33 birds, as well as invertebrates like the insects.
01:37 The project was a collaboration with APE Malaysia, a local social enterprise,
01:42 the Tanjong Bunga Assemblyman's Service Centre and the Tanjong Bunga Community Management Council,
01:48 costing between RM35,000 and RM45,000.
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