ENRICHING FOREST ECOSYSTEM The Group planted 4,000 samplings in the central park of Tropicana Aman to create a diversified woodland that would eventually form overlapped, continuous and interlinked tree canopies. Woodland was introduced to enhance the greenery and enrich the ecosystem, providing biodiversity. Structure of Woodland: • Overlapped, continuous and interlinked tree canopies • Nice green backdrops define the park boundary with softer treatment • The more di erent kinds of plants there are, the greater the animal diversity Stormwater management is designed into all of Tropicana’s developments such as Tropicana Miyu, Tropicana Aman, Tropicana Gardens and more. We rely on the Department of Irrigation and Drainage’s Urban Stormwater Management Manual for Malaysia to manage flood risks across all our projects. Many of our developments feature copious water bodies for aesthetic and practical purposes. The central lake in Tropicana Metropark in Subang Jaya, for example, serves as a flood detention pond as well and this was completed in FY2021. We employ gross pollutant traps to catch litter and silt to control stormwater pollution, at Tropicana Heights in Kajang in FY2017. Wetland plants are also used to improve water quality in the water bodies. In Genting Highlands where construction for Tropicana WindCity is ongoing, surface water runo is channelled into a centralised silt trap before being discharged into external drains and natural waterways. Furthermore, onsite detention tanks are used to contain surface water runo as a method of flood control. Berm drain and turf are utilised to reduce soil erosion and for slope protection. Besides that, Tropicana has completed the construction of a flood mitigation system to ease upstream flooding at Sungai Chat and Sungai Abdul Samad which was handed over to the local authority in 2021. Situated at Lido Waterfront Boulevard, the system is well-equipped to trap garbage and prevent trash from flowing into the sea, which in turn helps to improve water quality and save marine lives. At our flagship development at Tropicana Golf & Country Resort, 18 retention ponds across Tropicana’s 27-hole golf course were upgraded in FY2022 when for better irrigation and filtration system. These upgrading works have also provided rainwater harvesting which is used for watering the plants, grass and fruit trees. We are aware the land use change through our development and construction activities has certainly impacted the existing habitats and ecosystem which leads to biodiversity loss. Hence, we endeavour to protect biodiversity by incorporating conservation measures and responsible project development planning. This is reflected in our e orts to create a sustainable landscape within our development. Although we have yet to assess our existing operations for biodiversity risks, and the size and location of all habitat areas protected or restored; we endeavour to carry out the biodiversity risk assessment in our future reporting cycle. Currently, most of our developments are built on brownfield land or secondary forest and had mostly been cleared of their original vegetation beforehand. Additionally, there were no rare, threatened or endangered species of vegetation which were found on most development, or had been removed from the site. Among our e orts in enriching the biodiversity in our development, include the transplantation of mature trees, woodland planting, and the introduction of dragonflies as a natural pest control method in our developments. STORMWATER MANAGEMENT BIODIVERSITY MANAGEMENT Sustainable Landscape Design 1 Avoiding hazardous trees, such as poisonous, weak branches, thorny trunks, etc 2 Avoiding trees with aggressive root systems in the developments, especially next to the walkway and near underground utilities 3 Avoiding annual plants which require replenishment after the life cycles 4 Always consider native species in the planting scheme 1 2 3 4 Level of extinction risk Number of species Critically endangered 0 species Endangered 1 species • Agathis borneensis (Tropicana Heights, Tropicana Gardens & Tropicana Avenue) Vulnerable 3 species • Aquilaria malaccensis (Tropicana Avenue) • Barringtonia augusta (Tropicana Aman) • Hopea odorata (all Tropicana developments) Near threatened 2 species • Shorea roxburghii (Tropicana Aman & Tropicana Heights) • Shorea sumatrana (Tropicana Aman) Least Concern 3 species • Dipterocarpus baudii (Tropicana Aman) • Dipterocarpus oblongifolium (Tropicana Aman) • Shorea leprosula (Tropicana Aman) Total number of IUCN Red List species planted within our developments: 91 TROPICANA SUSTAINABILITY STATEMENT
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