RECONNECTING
THE ONCE CONNECTED
From fragmented forests to human-nature relations
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BRIDGING GREEN GAPS
Linking the mosaic of forest and green spaces in the heart of Klang Valley. Current focal areas are the Damansara-Pantai Arc and Kuala Lumpur City Centre, and eventually to wider parts of the valley.
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COLLECTIVE ACTION THROUGH CONNECTION
Steward a community-driven conservation initiative that protects and rehabilitates the fragmented green spaces.
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FOREFRONTING LOCAL STRENGTHS & INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGES
Building chain of custodies that includes women, youth, and indigenous groups as driving forces
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NURTURING LINKED SPACES FOR ALL
A green sanctuary made possible, for wildlife home and movement as well as sites for people’s recreational activities
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RECONNECTING
THE ONCE CONNECTED
From fragmented forests to human-nature relations
Learn More
BRIDGING GREEN GAPS
Linking the mosaic of forest and green spaces in the heart of Klang Valley. Current focal areas are the Damansara-Pantai Arc and Kuala Lumpur City Centre, and eventually to wider parts of the valley.
Learn More
COLLECTIVE ACTION THROUGH CONNECTION
Steward a community-driven conservation initiative that protects and rehabilitates the fragmented green spaces.
Learn More
FOREFRONTING LOCAL STRENGTHS & INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGES
Building chain of custodies that includes women, youth, and indigenous groups as driving forces
Learn More
NURTURING LINKED SPACES FOR ALL
A green sanctuary made possible, for wildlife home and movement as well as sites for people’s recreational activities
Learn More
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Building the Connection

Rantaian Urban Green Spaces (RUGS) is a conservation project that aims to steward and support multi-stakeholder collaboration between community-led conservation efforts, civil society organisations, government bodies, city councils and the grassroots to collectively safeguard, rehabilitate, and connect the fragmented green spaces within the Klang Valley.

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Objectives

Enhancing urban green areas and ecological corridors to ensure biodiversity, genetic diversity, and climate change resilience through:

Landscape
Strategy Development

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Multistakeholder Landscape Governance

Capacity
Building

Monitoring
and
Evaluation

Knowledge Management

Advocacy for Policy Reform

Project
Upscaling

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Landscape Strategy Development

A
Multi-stakeholder Landscape Governance

Capacity Building

Monitoring
and Evaluation

Knowledge Management

Advocacy for Policy Reform

Project Upscaling

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A Network That Works For Nature

We believe in the power of connectivity and collective action. By bridging the green gaps in the landscape, particularly the gaps between urban green spaces and gaps between key stakeholders, we can enhance our forest cover and wildlife mobility, improve waterways quality, combat climate change, and create a liveable environment for all living beings alike.

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RUGS Linkages

The focal area of the RUGS project led by MNS is located within the Damansara-Pantai Arc and Kuala Lumpur city centre region

Kwasa Damansara to Sungai Damansara

KDCF to Kwasa Damansara

Bukit Lanjan to KDCF
Kampung Sungai Penchala to Bukit Lanjan
Bukit Kiara North to Kampung Sungai Penchala
Bukit Kiara North to Sri Bintang - Culverts 1 & 2
Bukit Kiara North to Sri Bintang - Culvert 3
INTAN to Bukit Kiara
UM Rimba Ilmu to Kiara (KPGA)
INTAN to Bukit Kiara
UM Rimba Ilmu to Bukit Gasing - Federal Highway
UM Rimba Ilmu to Bukit Gasing - Sungai Klang
Mid Valley to UM Varsity Lake

Mid Valley to Bukit Seputeh

Federal Hill to Brickfields to Mid Valley
Federal Hill to Muzium Negara
Federal Hill to Carcosa Sri Negara to Lake Gardens
Federal Hill to Ledang to Lake Gardens
Parliament to Lake Gardens
Parliament to Taman Tugu
Taman Tugu to JPSM to Sungai Gombak/Batu
  • 1 Kwasa Damansara to Sungai Damansara
  • 2 KDCF to Kwasa Damansara
  • 3 Bukit Lanjan to KDCF
  • 4 Kampung Sungai Penchala to Bukit Lanjan
  • 5 Bukit Kiara North to Kampung Sungai Penchala
  • 6a Bukit Kiara North to Sri Bintang - Culverts 1 & 2
  • 6b Bukit Kiara North to Sri Bintang - Culvert 3
  • 7 INTAN to Bukit Kiara
  • 8 UM Rimba Ilmu to Kiara (KPGA)
  • 9 INTAN to Bukit Kiara
  • 10a UM Rimba Ilmu to Bukit Gasing - Federal Highway
  • 10b UM Rimba Ilmu to Bukit Gasing - Sungai Klang
  • 11 Mid Valley to UM Varsity Lake
  • 12 Mid Valley to Bukit Seputeh
  • 13 Federal Hill to Brickfields to Mid Valley
  • 14 Federal Hill to Muzium Negara
  • 15 Federal Hill to Carcosa Sri Negara to Lake Gardens
  • 16 Federal Hill to Ledang to Lake Gardens
  • 17 Parliament to Lake Gardens
  • 18 Parliament to Taman Tugu
  • 19 Taman Tugu to JPSM to Sungai Gombak/Batu

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Rantaian Urban Green Spaces (RUGS)
The initiative by
Malaysian Nature Society (MNS)
MNS Headquarters, JKR 641 
Jalan Kelantan, Bukit Persekutuan
50480 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

03-2287 942

rugs@mns.org.my

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