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Peat forest illegally cleared and drained out at Bukit Merah Lake Reserve | SAM

Encroachment and illegal clearing in Bukit Merah Lake Reserve, Kerian district, Perak

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) and environmental groups comprising of CAP, KUASA, PEKA and GRASS urge the relevant authorities to take action against anyone found to encroach and illegally clear the forests in the Bukit Merah Lake Reserve in the district of Kerian, Perak. Fifteen years ago, SAM had found that a portion of the Bukit …

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Agriculture activities in Janda Baik | Courtesy of Berita Harian (Nazrul Roslan)

Janda Baik’s natural environment must be protected

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) urges the Pahang government to take prompt action to protect the natural environment of Janda Baik near Bentong here so as not to continue to be threatened by any form of activity in the area. In addition to the problem of deforestation, serious attention should also be given to the quality …

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Forest surrounding Sungai Lebam dam in Johor exploited

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) urges the Johor state government to take immediate action to save the Sungai Lebam Dam in Pengerang near Kota Tinggi here that is undergoing water shortage problem due to exploitation of the forest area around the dam. The destructive activity in the forest area has and will affect the lives of …

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Accuracy of YAB Menteri Besar Kelantan’s statement regarding factors contributing to the flood disaster in Kelantan

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) refers to the statement made by YAB Menteri Besar Kelantan on 3rd Januarythat was reported in several local dailies. YAB Menteri Besar Kelantan had stated that logging activities in Lojing Highlands was frozen since 2006. However questions abound and SAM urges YAB Menteri Besar to substantiate his statement because according to …

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Act now to prevent future disasters

The country is still reeling from the after-effect of the devastating year-end floods that ravaged at least seven states. Many are still displaced at temporary shelters and rely on government and well-wishers’ food aid including donations from China and Japan.Besides the initial RM800million allocated for initial flood relief efforts, the government is now staring at …

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Urgent call to halt further forest conversions

Given the severity of the recent floods and the resulting tragedy that has befallen several states in the Peninsular Malaysia at a scale that has never been witnessed in living memory, and the increasingly adverse impacts of climate change, SAM strongly calls on all states to immediately halt further forest-to-plantation conversions in Malaysia. Our analysis …

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Plantation development in the Lesong Permanent Reserved Forest: Are we really practising sustainable forestry?

SAM deplores the decision of the Pahang State Government to permit forest conversion activities to take place within the Lesong Permanent Reserved Forest (PRF) in Kuala Rompin. On September 25, The Star reported that the Pahang Forestry Department had reasoned that since a third of the Lesong PRF is deemed to contain poor quality timber, …

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