Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) is gravely concerned that several states in the country are continuing to promote deforestation for various purposes, instead of taking measures to protect and conserve our remaining forest resources. Such efforts run counter to current thinking and trends in the era of climate change and the post COVID-19 pandemic, which is …
Highly irresponsible for states to promote deforestation Read More »
Several non-governmental organisations (listed below) are shocked to learn about recent occurrences of deforestation activities in a forest reserve in the Greater Ulu Muda Forest. According to satellite images, between May and November 2020, some 87 acres (0.35 sq. kilometres) of natural forest near to Tasik Ahning, in the Bukit Keramat Forest Reserve have been clear-felled …
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Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) welcomes the efforts by the Kedah State government in seeking RM100 million in compensation from the Federal government for using the Ulu Muda Forest Reserve in Sik as water catchment forests for domestic and agricultural needs. According to media reports, the Kedah Menteri Besar Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor had revealed in …
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23 May 2013, Kuala Lumpur –Friends of Ulu Muda (FOUM), a coalition of environmental NGOs advocating for the protection of the Greater Ulu Muda forest in Kedah, applaud the decision by the state’s newly-elected Menteri Besar, Dato’ Paduka Mukhriz Tun Mahathir, to temporarily cease all logging activities in the state. The decision, which was announced …
Statement from the coalition group, Friends of Ulu Muda of which SAM is a part of 20 March 2013, Kuala Lumpur – The Friends of Ulu Muda applaud the Kedah State Forestry Department on the recent gazettement of a total of eight proposed forest reserves as Permanent Reserved Forests (PRF) on January 2013. Some of …
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Malaysia
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Fax: +604 827 6932
Sahabat Alam Malaysia (Marudi Office)
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Jalan Tuanku Taha,
P.O.Box 216,
98058 Marudi, Baram, Sarawak,
Malaysia
Tel & Fax: +6085 758 973