Category: Environment EN

The world has lost 5% to 10% of all insect species in the last 150 years — or between 250,000 and 500,000 species, according to a Feb 2020 study in the journal Biological Conservation. Those losses are continuing, though estimates vary due to patchy data. (@ClimateBen) As human activities rapidly transform the planet, the global insect population is declining at an unprecedented rate of up to...

SMK CONVENT BUTTERWORTH: Green Activities Produce Environmentally Conscious Students The students of SMK Convent Butterworth in Penang, through a host of go-green activities, have successfully created a garden and an amiable learning environment in their school. The environmental activities conducted by the school ensure the students are inculcated with the right values to nurture nature and...

Who Will Be the Winners? The Transformative Cities Award, is a unique platform and award process which celebrates inspiring stories of change. The Award is given to help popularise and disseminate the lessons and inspiration from such practices. It provides an opportunity for social movements and civil society organisations as well as progressive local governments and municipalist coalitions to...

Several non-governmental organizations (NGOs), urge all State Authorities, especially in the states of Perak, Kedah, Kelantan and Pahang where mining has been reported, to prohibit mining activities in Permanent Reserved Forests (PRFs) and environmentally sensitive areas (ESAs). All State Authorities are also urged to reconsider and cancel the approval of mining operations in those areas. These...

Nature makes kids healthier, happier and smarter. Many researchers agree that kids who play outside are happier, better at paying attention and less anxious than kids who spend more time indoors. Spending time in nature can build their confidence. There’s a lot less structure than most types of indoor play and they can choose how they interact with the nature around them. This gives them...

Trees reduce temperature and help absorb heat.  Why is it cooler around trees? How do trees cool the air so effectively?  Here’s a pictorial explanation.        

OUR PLANET IS BURNING because of climate change. Heatwaves have increased in frequency, intensity and duration across the world. The world is already 1.2°C warmer than pre-industrial times and every fraction of a degree counts. With 2°C of global warming we will have more intense droughts and more devastating floods, more wildfires and more storms (UNEP). “Our fragile planet is hanging by a...

Dear CAP supporters and friends, Thank you for voting CAP's initiative for the Transformative Cities People's Choice Award 2022. Half way through the voting process, CAP is in second place. Please circulate this link and request your friends to vote for CAP. If you haven't voted, please do before 6th November at  

WE NEED YOUR VOTES. Dear friends, CAP is a finalist of the Transformative Cities Award 2022. We need you to support us. For several years now, we have, through our urban farming campaigns, guided and shared useful knowledge with farmers, schools and individuals. Our objective is to transform the country’s food system into a healthier and more sustainable one. Together we can all drive changes...

As the climate and biodiversity crisis intensifies, credit to forest-risk commodity companies increased 60 per cent between 2020 and 2021. A new report, released today by the Forests & Finance Coalition, whose members include the Rainforest Action Network, Profundo, TuK Indonesia, Bank Track, Amazon Watch, Reporter Brasil, Friends of the Earth US and Sahabat Alam Malaysia, finds that none of...