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Encroachment and illegal development in Bukit Merah Lake Reserve

admin May 23, 2013 0 Comments

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) urges the relevant authorities to take stringent action against anyone who had encroached and illegally carried out agricultural activities in the Bukit Merah Lake Reserve, District of Kerian, Perak. SAM's investigation found that the Bukit Merah Lake Reserve was encroached and trees felled illegally since more than 12 years ago and planted with oil palm. We are...

Logging cessation an excellent move

admin May 23, 2013 0 Comments

Friends of Ulu Muda (FOUM), a coalition of environmental NGOs advocating for the protection of the Greater Ulu Muda forest in Kedah, applaud the decision by the state’s newly-elected Menteri Besar, Dato’ Paduka Mukhriz Tun Mahathir, to temporarily cease all logging activities in the state. The decision, which was announced on Saturday, cited complaints from villagers on the supply and quality...

Plundering continues due to weak governance?

admin May 21, 2013 0 Comments

Highlands and hills plundered, virgin jungles ravaged. Judging from the unceasing reports, the government machinery to stop these illegal clearing of jungles and hill slopes is clearly not functioning effectively. In Penang, clearing of a hill near Bukit Gambier which is visible even from the Penang Bridge, appears to have not caught the eye of the authorities soon enough to stop this obvious...

Penan villages in Sungai Patah, Baram, facing a double threat from logging and the proposed construction of Baram Dam

admin March 13, 2013 0 Comments

SAM (Sahabat Alam Malaysia) has been informed by Penan villagers in Sungai Patah, Baram that their native customary land is now confronted by a double threat simultaneously. The first threat comes from the attempt of a logging company to encroach into their communal forest reserve which has been successfully protected since the people’s last blockade in the area in 2008-2009. The proposed...

No to destruction of mangrove forests

admin March 9, 2013 0 Comments

CAP urges the Penang state government and Forestry Department to investigate the felling of mangrove trees in Kuala Jalan Baru, Balik Pulau. Stringent action should be taken immediately on those responsible in committing this atrocity. CAP’s investigation found that the mangrove forest destruction has resulted in degradation of the coastal environment, threatening marine life and the source of...

Reviving the bicycle for transport

admin March 7, 2013 0 Comments

Malaysia is getting more urbanised and motorised today. Our towns and cities are now planned with the needs of cars in mind instead of people’s needs — easily half of the space in our cities is now used for cars. This leads to urban sprawl, which causes even more noise and air pollution that lowers our quality of life. Such senseless mobility that involves not only high costs, but also speed...

CAP and SAM are impartial

admin February 21, 2013 0 Comments

The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) and Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) strongly condemn the irresponsible statement by Datuk Fuad Hassan, Director General of JASA (Jabatan Hal Ehwal Khas/ Department of Special Affairs) that he suspects we have an understanding with those who want to see that the Barisan Nasional Government be brought down. The allegation is baseless and highly defamatory....

Residents in Kampung Sungai Pinang worried over frequent flash floods

admin February 1, 2013 0 Comments

Five families in Kampung Sungai Pinang, Balik Pulau, Penang are worried over the occurrence of flash floods whenever it rains heavily here. Besides affecting the wellbeing of the villagers, the flash floods that have been plaguing them for the past four years also damages the furniture and appliances in their houses. CAP’s investigation found that the flash floods were caused by a 300-metre...

No to logging in catchment forests

admin January 31, 2013 0 Comments

Friends of Ulu Muda (FOUM), a coalition of concerned Malaysian civil society organisations of which CAP and SAM are members of has called on the Kedah State Government to gazette the Ulu Muda forests as water catchment forests under the National Forestry Act 1984. “There should be no logging of whatever kind in the Ulu Muda forests and its protection should be enhanced by establishing a State...

CAP and SAM glad that proposed offshore project has been scrapped

admin January 16, 2013 0 Comments

CAP and Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) are very glad that the proposed creation of offshore concrete structures for mixed development slated to be developed on the West Coast of Penang Island has been scrapped. CAP and SAM have been vehemently opposing this project since October 2012. We had sent our objections to the Penang State Government with preliminary comments based on the proposal paper...

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