I am Nurul Syakilah Binti Suhaili, a postgraduate student from the Faculty of Tropical Forestry, Universiti Malaysia Sabah and under the supervision of Assoc. Prof. Dr. NormahAwang Besar @ Raffie and Dr. Elia Godoong. I graduated from Universiti Malaysia Sabah in 2017 with a bachelor’s degree in forestry science (Forest plantation and agroforestry) and 2023 with a master’s degree in science (forestry). My research interests are forest carbon stock, carbon sequestration, forest plantation, and soil science. I studied the soil physicochemical properties of the mangrove forest in Sulaman Lake Forest Reserve at Tuaran, Sabah, Malaysia for my final year project back in 2017. Then for my master’s degree, I estimated the total ecosystem carbon pools and fluxes in a selective logging forest area in Tawau, Sabah. Throughout my study years, I also have experienced joining some of the research projects that focused on carbon stock such as the estimation of soil carbon stock and litterfall fluxes in a Borneon Tropical Montane Forest, and the estimation of total ecosystem carbon stock in different types of forests, which are mangrove forest, primary forest, rehabilitated forest, selectively logged forest, degraded forest, a forest plantation, and oil palm plantation.
Currently, I am studying the effect of altitudinal gradient on the forest carbon stock and carbon sequestration potential in a tropical rainforest in Sabah, Malaysia. As the forest is a very productive ecosystem and can store an enormous amount of carbon and sequester carbon from the atmosphere, it is crucial for us to understand the different factors that could influence its carbon storage capability and potential to sequester carbon. With the current hot topic on climate change problems, this research also is expected to increase the knowledge and importance of protecting the forest cover and hope it can help the responsible agency to realize the mitigating climate change program such as REDD+ and help in achieving the SDGs.
Elia Godoong 