Mak Fai

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) is very concerned that exploitation of sand resources will soon render the country with increasing environmental problems and socio-economic consequences. The demand for sand and gravel continue to increase and this has brought about over-extraction and illegal sand-mining activities in Malaysia. In 2011, a total of 1,036 permits were given out for extraction of sand...

The Auditor General’s 2012 report reveals weaknesses and unsatisfactory performance of incinerators constructed by the Ministry of Housing and Local Government. The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) had submitted our objections when the government proposed the incinerator plants using the autogenous combustion technology (ACT) developed by XCN Technology Sdn Bhd. In 2009, CAP had...

Today environmental and civil society groups on five continents warned that plans to release non-native strains of genetically modified (GM) flies in olive fields in Spain and fruit orchards in Brazil pose major risks to crops and the environment, as pesticide resistance or other harmful traits could spread into wild pest populations. The UK-based company Oxitec plans to release GM olive flies in...