Category: Environment EN

SAM is greatly alarmed by the news on the sharp drop of the water level of dams in Penang and Kedah over the last two months. The water level capacity of the Air Itam and Teluk Bahang dams on the Penang Island was reported to stand at 62 and 39 per cent currently. Meanwhile in Kedah, the capacity of its Ahning, Pedu, Muda, Beris and Malut dams was recorded at 62 per cent, 48 per cent, 18 per...

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) and the Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) wish to reiterate our stand that we do not support the proposal for a cable-car project for Penang Hill, as such a project would affect negatively the sensitive and fragile ecosystems of both the Hill and the Penang Botanic Gardens. The breakdown of the existing funicular railway cannot be used as an excuse to push the...

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) supports the protest of coastal fishermen in Mukim Sebatu and Merlimau, Jasin, Melaka who are urging the revocation and cancellation of the approval given by the Melaka State Government for the implementation of a commercial cockle culture project here. Moreover, the Fisheries Department also did not support the company's application based on the fishermen's...

The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) calls on the government to amend the law to punish culprits who pollute the environment in harshest way because their deeds are going to affect the lives of millions of people. The seriousness of the impact is clearly seen in the case of Air Selangor that supplies water to more than 8 million consumers in Selangor, Putrajaya, and Kuala Lumpur. Water...

The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) calls on the Penang State Government not to sign the new Project Delivery Partner (PDP) agreement with SRS Consortium  for the Penang Transport Master Plan (PTMP) as the PTMP is heavily contentious and criticised by many civil society organizations (CSOs) due to its adverse environmental and socio-economic impacts. SRS Consortium is a 60:20:20...

Today, on International Human Rights Day, Friends of the Earth Asia Pacific (FoE Asia Pacific) launches its latest publication, Defending Territories, Defending Our Lives - a grim reminder that everyday, somewhere on this planet, environmental human rights defenders (EHRDs) are being threatened, defamed, assaulted or murdered for defending their territories. This publication highlights seven...

Despite the assurances by the Water, Land and Natural Resources Ministry’s (KATS) that the memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed between a China company and the Perak state government is for the exploration of rare earth minerals and not to mine them, Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) continues to have very serious concerns over the objective of such a venture. The Ministry issued a statement...

The Consumers Association of Penang is appalled with the “Special Area Plan for Penang Botanic Gardens” which will basically bring in lots of visitors, have more man-made structures and ultimately may charge Penangites a fee to visit the gardens (clause IV, p5-4 which states “... arrange and control the admission of the public to the State Parks and to impose fees for their entry and...