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). …
Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) refers to letter of the British High Commissioner to Malaysia, H.E Charles Hay (published on 24 August 2021) entitled “Working together on climate crisis”. We agree with the ambassador that governments “can only rise to the challenge of the climate crisis by working together and through commitment to a genuine global …
Success at COP 26 requires urgent action on climate change – not false promises Read More »
22nd May is the International Day for Biological Diversity Malaysia, is a party to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, and is one of the most megadiverse countries, ranking 12th in the world, according to the National Biodiversity Index, that is based on estimates of the country’s richness and endemism in relation to some classes of plants …
Lack of policy coherence in protecting biodiversity Read More »
We the undersigned organisations and patient advocacy groups strongly welcome YAB Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin’s keynote address at the Nikkei 26th International Conference on The Future of Asia on 20 May 2021. We applaud him for this transformative call: “To prepare for a long century of recurring health emergencies – the temporary IP suspension must …
OPEN LETTER Note: This letter has been sent today to Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin bin Hj Mohd Yassin and the ministers of MITI, MOSTI, Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs and MOH. The undersigned organisations and patient advocacy groups strongly call on the Malaysian Government to immediately support the temporary suspension of intellectual property rights enforcement as …
In the international climate discourse, the goal of countries embracing net zero emissions reductions by 2050 has been heralded as showing high ambition. Coming from the highest official in the United Nations, viz. the Secretary-General, António Guterres himself, the general public can be forgiven into thinking that net zero emissions reductions by the world’s major ‘emitters’ …
The inconvenient truth about ‘net zero’ emissions 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 …
NGOs shocked by logging activities in greater Ulu Muda forest Read More »
We, the undersigned organisations, have consistently raised concerns with successive Malaysian governments about the serious implications for Malaysia of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), which merely temporarily suspended 22 of the more than 1000 provisions mostly imposed by the USA in the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA). Former International Trade and Industry …
Groups oppose ratification of trans-Pacific trade agreement (CPTPP) Read More »
Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) calls on the Federal Government to urgently expedite efforts to secure international funds to help states protect and conserve their forests, which are vital for addressing climate change and protect biodiversity, instead of allowing them for logging and other purposes. SAM makes this call in view of media reports yesterday that …
Expedite Efforts To Secure International Funds For Forests Protection Read More »
Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) is devastated to learn that Malaysia had voted against the protection of shark species at risk of extinction. The fate of the world’s sharks is in the hands of the top 20 shark catchers, Malaysia included, many of whom have failed to demonstrate what they are doing to save these imperiled …
Losing sharks and rays will have unintended consequences Read More »
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 756 973
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