Category: Environment EN

A forum jointly organised by the Center to Combat Corruption and Cronyism (C4 Center) and Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) on improving monitoring and enforcement against illegal waste processing in Kedah and Penang has shed light on the problems faced by the communities and the enforcement agencies in addressing the issue, while creating a platform for the people and the agencies to interact. Titled...

.... On July 26 every year, the world celebrates the International Day for the Conservation of Mangrove Ecosystem. This celebration was declared by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to raise awareness of the importance of mangrove ecosystems including coastal areas to ensure the continuity of its role for global well-being. Coastal mangrove forest...

The month of July is marked as Plastic Free July.  It is a global movement where people worldwide take part in refusing single-use plastics. As the amount of plastic consumption is set to double by 2040, research and development on single-use alternatives have been increasing1. Plastic industries particularly have introduced false solutions calling them “eco-friendly” single-use...

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) is concerned about the spate of mining projects being proposed in forest reserves.  The most recent proposal of which an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report has been submitted for public review is the proposed iron ore mining project at Kuala Mukim Tembeling, Jerantut in the state of Pahang. The proposed project intends to excavate iron ore at an...

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) wishes to express our continued concern on how the occurrences of floods in Sarawak, including in Baram, have become more frequent and intense in recent years. Prior to the large scale conversion of forests for the purpose of monoculture plantations, such floods were rather uncommon in the upstream areas of interior Sarawak. In all likelihood, they are part of the...

June 8th was World Oceans Day. It was an opportunity to emphasise the importance of our oceans and the many services they provide, as well as raise awareness of the ways in which we are harming them through plastic pollution. Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) attended the 3rd D-Tox Session by the International Pollutants Elimination Network (IPEN). The webinar session held on Oceans Day titled...

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) welcomes the order from the Regent of Pahang, Tengku Mahkota Tengku Hassanal Ibrahim Alam Shah Ibni Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah to stop all mining activities in the Tasik Chini area and restore the former mine area and to replant with suitable forest trees. SAM also welcomes the Regent's order that the existing Chini Forest Reserve (HS...

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) objects to the most recently approved mining project surrounding Tasik Chini. The natural ecosystem of Tasik Chini and its surrounding areas have been exploited and destroyed over the past few decades. At present, only the commitment of the Pahang State Government would be able to restore Tasik Chini to its heydays. The exploitation and destruction of Tasik Chini...

Freshwater ecosystems supply food, water and energy to billions of people, protect us from droughts and floods, and provide unique habitat for many plants and animals, including one third of all vertebrate species. These ecosystems range from mangroves shielding our coasts against tsunamis and erosion, to inland lakes and rivers teeming with fish, and wetlands that filter and moderate water...

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) is firmly opposed to the proposed open cast mining for manganese ore at Aring 6, Mukim Relai, Gua Musang, which will damage 500 acres of land and cause serious water pollution, destroy wildlife habitat and natural environment which must be protected and conserved. We are most concerned that such an opencast/strip mining has been proposed for this project by Nadi KW...