Part 4: Resolve, remedy, reforms Around the world, the indigenous customary land rights have been a source of confusion for the modern nation state. When the violations of such rights have become systemic, how do we move forward to resolve the situation? What are the most effective remedies to end the violations? This article will …
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Part 3: Systemic violations require system change Around the world, the indigenous customary land rights have been a source of confusion for the modern nation state. However, this confusion does not stop the systemic violations of the rights and encroachments on indigenous customary territories; in fact the ignorance on the nature, features and extent of …
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Part 2: Federal constitution and landmark judicial decisions Around the world, the indigenous customary land rights have been a source of confusion for the modern nation state. Does the modern legal system acknowledge land and property rights that are based on customs instead of documents? Can customs bestow the rights to land and properties for …
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Part 1: Origins of the rights of the first peoples Around the world, the indigenous customary land rights have been a source of confusion for the modern nation state. Who exactly are the indigenous peoples? What are the origins of the indigenous customary land rights? What are the features, organisation and constitution of such rights? …
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A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush This article has been written by NurFitri Amir Muhammad* Recently, several business groups and certain parties from the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) have been actively lobbying the government leadership for Malaysia to ratify the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). …
On 29th July, C4 Center and Sahabat Alam Malaysia conducted an online forum titled “Malaysia is not a ‘Garbage Dump’: Enhancing Monitoring & Enforcement Efforts in Kedah and Penang” to examine the challenges faced by authorities in monitoring and enforcement along the value chains for imported plastic waste, besides encouraging dialogues between the authorities and the public. Over 100 …
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Are you aware of Malaysia’s Roadmap Towards Zero Single-Use Plastics (SUPs)? If you aren’t, here’s what you missed out! Malaysia is planning to phase out single-use plastics by 2030 and one of the suggested interventions is to replace conventional SUPs with other eco-friendly alternatives. But what are these eco-friendly alternatives? And are they actually “eco”? …
Following the statement we released yesterday (19.08.2021) on the floods in Yan, we have received other views regarding the massive floods that took place in the Yan area, situated downstream from the recreational area of Titi Hayun where the headwater (kepala air) phenomenon was reported to have taken place in Gunung Jerai. Clearly, as a …
The Department of Environment (DoE) is currently seeking public comments on the proposed amendments to the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Order 2015. On 16 June 2021, Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) attended an online stakeholder consultation session organised by the DoE and subsequently submitted our comments on 12 July 2021. We commend the DoE for moving …
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The month of July is marked as Plastic Free July. It is a global movement where worldwide, people 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 increasing[1]. Plastic industries particularly have introduced false solutions calling them “eco-friendly” single-use alternatives that …
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Sahabat Alam Malaysia (Headquarters)
No. 1, Jalan Joki, 11400 Penang,
Malaysia
Tel: +604 827 6930
Fax: +604 827 6932
Sahabat Alam Malaysia (Marudi Office)
129A, First Floor,
Jalan Tuanku Taha,
P.O.Box 216,
98058 Marudi, Baram, Sarawak,
Malaysia
Tel & Fax: +6085 758 973