Category: Environment EN

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

  7th December 2012 URGENT BY HAND/FAX YBhg. Hjh. Patahiyah binti Ismail Yang DiPertua Majlis Perbandaran Pulau Pinang Tingkat 17 Menara KOMTAR 10675 PULAU PINANG   Assalamualaikum wrbt. Yang Berbahagia Hjh. Re: Objection to cutting or shifting of trees in Jalan Masjid Negeri CAP is shocked to learn from press reports that the MPPP is intending to commence work on Monday on its plans to...

There has been increasing concern in Penang  over the moves by the MPPP to widen Jalan Masjid Negeri by eliminating many of the trees which dot the stretch. These trees, along a road which was once aptly named Green Lane, have long been part of the natural heritage of the island. Understandably, the proposed move to replace the current  lush ambience of the whole area  with  more tar and...

PESTICIDES ENDANGER THE DEDAP RIVER The livelihood of about 300 small fishers in four villages in Kota Kuala Muda, Kedah has been threatened following pesticides contamination of the Dedap River here. Some farmers have been indiscriminately dumping used pesticides containers and residue into the canals here, which subsequently polluted the water that is released into the Dedap River.  This has...