Policy Key Initiatives Avoid or reduce deforestation associated with their activities and supply chain • We avoid or minimise deforestation by focusing on urban redevelopment or the development of brownfields and secondary forests in urban areas • Currently, most of our developments are built on infill land or secondary forests, which have mostly been cleared of their original vegetation beforehand. We also avoid developing near or adjacent to forest reserves and ecologically sensitive areas • We source materials from environmentally friendly sources (e.g., rubberwood) and only engage suppliers who meet our sustainability standards Maintain natural water bodies to serve as retention ponds, mitigating flooding and allowing aquatic creatures to thrive. • We maintain and continue to enhance natural waterbodies at all our sites Partnerships In Advancing Our Net Biodiversity Impact Our commitment to biodiversity extends to engaging local communities and non-profit organisations as part of our aim to achieve net biodiversity impact aspirations. One such partnership is with dragonfly expert Dr Choong Chee Yen, formerly from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (“UKM”) to breed and sustain a healthy dragonfly population. The dragonfly not only enriches the natural ecosystem but provides nature with a nature-driven solution to minimising mosquitoes at Tropicana Golf & Country Resort. Tropicana is the first to deploy dragonflies to control pests naturally in Tropicana Golf & Country Resort. The pilot project was to release 88 larvae of Red Glider Dragonfly (Tramae transmarina) into a new man-made pond in TGCR on 24 September 2021. Our Dragonfly Pond is a flagship project to breed and sustain a healthy dragonfly population at our golf course as a means to apply biological control to mosquitoes in the surrounding area, which is still thriving to this date. Dragonflies are known natural predators of mosquitoes and other insects, thus a commonly used integrated pest management (“IPM”) measure has proven to be e ective in the long term. Currently, there are a total of 14 species of flying adults of dragonflies and damselflies throughout the day. These dragonflies feed on mosquitoes and other pests, serving as a natural control mechanism with a hunting e ciency rate of up to 95%. Natural controls such as dragonflies, birds, bats and 145 SUSTAINABILITY
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