Tasik Chini Research Centre (Pusat Penyelidikan Tasik Chini-PPTC) with the support of the Malaysian National Commissions for UNESCO (MNCU) and collaboration with Dana Cabaran had organized International e-Conference of Science and Biosphere Reserve 2021 (IECSBR 2021). The conference which was held online from 3 to 4 March 2021 aim to provide a networking platform for scientists, researchers, students and environmentalists in exchanging knowledge, challenges, recent advances and future perspective on the sustainable development in Tasik Chini. Another main objective of IECSBR2021 is also to promote PPTC as the main research hub related to lake management and biosphere reserve especially in Tasik Chini.

Around 96 participants from various background and nationality had joined and contributed to the conference including school’s students whom shared their perspective during the Youth Platform session. On top of that, all the presented papers by the participates will be published in Malaysian Journal of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.