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Save Penang’s Trees

admin November 28, 2012 0 Comments

Cities and towns are not only for roads and vehicles. Trees are part and parcel of a livable and living city. Unfortunately trees that make urban areas green, livable and beautiful are often sacrificed to pave way for development. Thus, we in the Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) and Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM)are very disappointed to learn that the Penang Island Municipal Council (MPPP)...

Livelihood of 300 small fishers in Kota Kuala Muda is threatened

admin October 31, 2012 0 Comments

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...

Malaysia should seek zero waste solutions and not incineration

admin October 15, 2012 0 Comments

CAP is frustrated with the Malaysian government’s continued push for incineration. Incinerators burn up and squander valuable resources, produce toxic emissions and residues, pose financial burdens to the public, and compete with waste prevention and recycling programmes that could have created jobs and benefited local economies. The Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Seri Chor Chee...

Do not let Juru River die from pollution

admin October 9, 2012 0 Comments

CAP urges the concerned authorities to pay serious attention and take effective action to save the Juru River from dying due to pollution. The Juru River in the District of Seberang Perai Tengah (SPT) has been threatened by pollution for the past 40 years but till now there is no sign that the pollution has been reduced and the riverine residents here are becoming concerned. CAP’s survey...

September 21st: International Day of Struggle against Monoculture Tree Plantations

admin September 21, 2012 0 Comments

Humankind faces an environmental, economic, and climate crisis that poses a threat to its survival through the continued promotion of monoculture tree plantations. Hence, Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) and the Consumers’ Association of Penang join other organizations worldwide in today’s International Day of Struggle Against Monoculture Tree Plantations. This is a day for organizations, networks...

Trawler encroachment becoming more serious

admin September 19, 2012 0 Comments

CAP urges the Maritime Enforcement Agency of Malaysia - Agensi Penguatkuasaan Maritim Malaysia (APMM) to conduct more frequent operations in Penang waters particularly the South West District to control encroachment of trawler boats into inshore fishers zone in the state. The problem of trawler encroachment is becoming more serious and affects more than 2,000 inshore fishers in ten areas...

Forest plantations: Creating green deserts

admin August 28, 2012 0 Comments

The recent article on logging at the Sembrong Forest Reserve in Mersing, Johor highlights the alarming practice of converting forests and land for the development of forest plantations. It is disappointing to learn that the Forestry Department is allowing conversion of forests including permanent reserved forests for development of these forest plantations. Besides Johor, several thousand acres...

Why waste resources by incinerating them?

admin August 9, 2012 0 Comments

CAP objects the government’s intention of constructing incinerators to dispose waste. It is reported that the government will open an international tender for the construction of an ‘eco-friendly’ incinerator from December 2012 to April 2013. First of all the notion that there are ‘eco-friendly’ incinerators is wrong. It is a deception invented by incinerator companies as...

Trawlers cause extinction of fish and suffering of coastal fishers

admin August 3, 2012 0 Comments

CAP urges the Ministry of Agriculture and Agro-based Industries and the Department of Fisheries to pay serious attention to the problems caused by trawling. This problem must be resolved immediately because the issue of depleting fishery resources and their impact on the lives of fisher families are worsening. The recent encroachment of trawlers in the coastal fishing zone near Kuala Muda and...

Nuclear energy in Malaysia: From “Option” to “Point of no return”

admin July 19, 2012 0 Comments

The Malaysian Coalition Against Nuclear (MY-CAN) of which the CAP, Sahabat Alam Malaysia, Third World Network and many other NGOs are members of, are deeply concerned about the Malaysian government opting for nuclear power for our energy needs instead of choosing safe, sustainable and renewable energy for our future needs. This is our urgent petition to the Government. We, the undersigned civil...

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