Category: Environment EN

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) and the Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) urge the government to immediately ban the use of trawl nets in order to save our fisheries resources from impending extinction. SAM and CAP are submitting a memorandum to Prime Minister Dato’ Seri Najib Tun Razak today (18 December 2014) expressing our concern that the continued use of trawl nets will not only...

The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) was approached by a research company for its survey titled as ‘Malaysia Energy Consumption and Its Impacts Towards Economy Development’ early this month.  We would like to express our concern that the survey is yet another attempt by the government and proponents of the nuclear power fraternity to hoodwink not just the public, but this time, even...

The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) supports the Public Accounts Committee (PAC)’s call for "appropriate action" to be taken against the negligence displayed by several officials in approving the use of an incinerator technology without conducting any due diligence on the claims made by the contractor appointed to build the facilities. In addition to the officials mentioned by the PAC,...

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) has urged the Department of Environment (DOE) of Perak to investigate and take stern action against those responsible in polluting Sungai Rui, near Gerik recently. In addition to the stringent action, the party responsible for committing the offence should also be subject to heavy penalties, commensurate with the adverse effects to the environment and the death of fish...

Sarawak Chief Minister Tan Sri Adenan Satem again shocked the public when he announced on 9 October that ‘there would be no more issuance of logging licence’ until the problem of illegal logging is stopped.  While Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) welcomes what would appear to be Tan Sri Adenan’s resolve to curb the scourge of illegal logging, we are not convinced that it will stop illegal...

Sahabat Alam Malaysia’s (SAM) field staff has stumbled upon a huge pile of seized logs at the logpond of Sungai Pelutan in Middle Baram, Sarawak recently. To our dismay, the seized logs were of the Tapang species (Koompassia excelsa). Tapang is a protected plant species under the Second Schedule of the Sarawak Wildlife Protection Ordinance 1998 because it is rare and because it is an important...

SAM deplores the decision of the Pahang State Government to permit forest conversion activities to take place within the Lesong Permanent Reserved Forest (PRF) in Kuala Rompin. On September 25, The Star reported that the Pahang Forestry Department had reasoned that since a third of the Lesong PRF is deemed to contain poor quality timber, “hence, a decision was made by the Pahang state...