Concern over recurrence of haze this year
The 2nd Ministerial Steering Committee Forum on Transboundary Haze Pollution in South Asia (MSC Forum) yesterday concluded with the Chairman's statement by Simon SC Tay and Nicholas Fang, the Singapore Institute of International Affairs ...
Read More > 10-May-2012  | Haze 

Wetland Forests: Priceless

Read More > 10-May-2012  | Peatland  

Underlines NGOs, think tank's roles
NON-GOVERNMENT Organisations (NGOs), think tanks and experts were acknowledged and urged to continue and bring to light the environmental issues to the public through the media and their own dialogues.
Read More > 10-May-2012  | Haze 

Youths to the rescue of peat swamps
Youths to the rescue of peat swamps
Read More > 21-May-2012  | Forest and Wetland Conservation Programme 

Nature lovers do their bit for Bukit Kiara
KUALA LUMPUR: Nature lovers walked the talk by turning up in large numbers at Bukit Kiara to call for the green lung to be gazetted. Signatures were also collected for a petition during the one hour walk organised by the Friends of Bukit ...
Read More > 16-Jul-2012  | River Care Programme  

Protecting our resources
More than 3,000 people enjoyed a fun-filled day at GAB Foundation’s River Carnival at Zoo Negara which saw them participating in various activities aimed at galvanising the public to protect and conserve Malaysia’s water resource: the rivers.
Read More > 07-Aug-2012  | River Care Programme  

Teaching the young about river conservation
ECO FRIENDS: River Carnival empowers the public, especially children, to protect and conserve Malaysia’s water resources, particularly the rivers.
Read More > 23-Aug-2012  | River Care Programme  

Pollution-mapping to be complete by end of 2012, says Douglas Uggah
The pollution-mapping project to identify the sources of river pollution in the country is expected to be completed by the end of this year, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, Datuk Seri Douglas Uggah Embas said Thursday.
Read More > 06-Sep-2012  | River Care Programme  

Pollution mapping to complete by year-end
The pollution-mapping project to identify the sources of river pollution in the country is expected to be completed by the end of this year, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, Datuk Seri Douglas Uggah Embas said today.
Read More > 06-Sep-2012  | River Care Programme  

Klang Valley, Johor river polluters to be identified
THE Department of Environment (DOE) is to map all polluted rivers in the Klang Valley and Johor. Natural Resources and Environment Minister Datuk Seri Douglas Uggah Embas said DOE would identify the sources of pollution.
Read More > 07-Sep-2012  | River Care Programme  

Act now to protect our biodiversity
MALAYSIA is richly endowed as one of the top 12 biodiversity hot spots in the world, meaning we have some of the world’s most treasured flora and fauna.
Read More > 11-Sep-2012  | General 

Tilting the balance in favour of rivers
In conjunction with World Rivers Day on Sept 30, GAB Foundation organised the National River Forum in collaboration with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Department of Irrigation and Drainage (DID), and NGO, Global ...
Read More > 13-Sep-2012  | River Care Programme  

Working together for the rivers and mangroves
In conjunction with World Rivers Day 2012, 20 volunteers organised an Adopt-A-Tree programme, which was a donation drive to collect money for tree seedlings to be planted at a mangrove site in Kuala Gula, Perak.
Read More > 30-Sep-2012  | Mangrove 

River is not just a source of water
This is the final article in a four-part weekly series on river management sponsored by GAB Foundation, organiser of the recent National River Forum at Putrajaya.
Read More > 07-Oct-2012  | River Care Programme  

Public urged to refrain from throwing rubbish into drains and rivers
Even with a RM828mil allocation this year for flood mitigation projects, local authorities are fighting against time to clear clogged drains and prevent flash floods during the current rainy season.
Read More > 14-Dec-2012  | River Care Programme  

The critical 4ºC
The red lights had blinked long ago. The clarion call to halt global warming has been sounded since the 60s. With feeble efforts to mitigate the phenomenon, the disastrous zenith may come to pass. A 4ºC warmer world may be the mercurial climax ...
Read More > 18-Jan-2013  | Carbon, Climate Change 

Volkswagen Goes Green
VW BlueMotion Technologies enables you to enjoy a smooth drive that provides reduced CO2 emissions
Read More > 18-Jan-2013  | Carbon, Climate Change 

Campaign launched to educate on prevention of peatland fires
Almost 400 volunteers from various organisations both from the private and public sector joined hands and planted 1,000 trees at the Raja Musa Forest Reserve here as part of a campaign to prevent peatland fires.
Read More > 23-Feb-2013  | Forest and Wetland Conservation Programme 

Preventing peat fires
KUALA SELANGOR: Residents here are working with an environmental group, the local council and state agency to prevent peat fires at the Raja Musa Forest Reserve. One of the preventive measures is community fire patrolling by local ...
Read More > 01-Mar-2013  | Forest and Wetland Conservation Programme 

A peat-stop for celebrations
For environmentalists, district council members and volunteers, all roads led to the Raja Musa Forest Reserve in Kuala Selangor on Feb 23 — where the local chapter of World Wetlands Day was celebrated.
Read More > 01-Mar-2013  | Forest and Wetland Conservation Programme