Category: Environment EN

RAUB: THE Raub district office has clarified that the construction of the 15-storey Fraser's Hill Resort and Spa, which has upset environmentalists, is above board. The project, they said, was set to proceed according to schedule as it had obtained the go-ahead from the Raub District Council. A source from the district office said there was "nothing unusual" about the project, which received all...

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) is concerned that the Perak State Authority may approve quarry activities (granite) and laterite mining in an area of land with the status of Permanent Reserved Forest (PRF) in Segari Melintang Forest Reserve (HS Segari Melintang) in the district of Manjung, Perak. In 2017, SAM had voiced our concern when the State Authority had approved quarry...

We all clamour for our dream car? A dream turning into a nightmare. Planners and traffic engineers plan our cities to the needs of the private cars. Roads, highways, carparks... their needs become public and subsidised while people cannot house themselves. We are subsidising the rich. We are willing to breathe in the fumes as the cars become the main source of pollution in our cities. The cars...

Picture shows a quote by Laurens van der Post who was an advisor to the British Royal family. The Bushmen of South Africa have no sense of possession. "To label them poor, completely misses the point. For Bushmen living in their natural environment, do not feel in any way deprived by their lack of material goods. Their priorities are simply quite different".-- The Way: An Ecological World-view...

This story was told by Sir John Kotelawala to Dr Ariyaratme, founder of the Sarvodaya Movement, in "Bhava Thanha: An Autobigraphy, Vol 1, by A. T. Ariyaratne."In a certain country a young couple lived in a mud hut built on the periphery of a jungle.They would get up in the morning, find something to eat, pack their lunches and enter the forest, carrying a knife, axe and coir rope. All day they...

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) urges the Perak State Government, Kerian District and Land Office, Perak State Fisheries Department, Kerian District Fisheries Office, the local authority, Department of Irrigation and Drainage and all other relevant authorities take into serious account the interest of the local community following the development of an aquaculture project in Kampung Pandak...

We said this about TRANSPORT 20 years ago (2001 Seminar on Sustainable Transport in Malaysia). The problems PERSIST and have WORSENED. For us to enjoy our constitutionally guaranteed right to freedom of movement, we need a sustainable, efficient and affordable transport system. It must enable all of us — regardless of wealth, status, gender and disabilities — to meet our need to travel to...

The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) and Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) call on the Penang state government to respect and abide by the legal process with regard to Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) embodied in the Environmental Quality Act 1974 (EQA).  There is an appeal in the Appeal Board set up under the EQA challenging the approval of the EIA by the Department of Environment...