NGOs: Move to gazette geosites needs fine-tuning
Global Environment Centre director Faizal Parish said that while the proposal “sounds very positive”, the state government should do more to protect the existing parks and forests. “For example, it has allocated very little resources towards the management of the Selangor State Park, which is under the Selangor Forestry Department. “It is crucial that adequate…
Respect DOE’s decision and leave peat swamp forests alone, NGO tells Selangor
“Other Government agencies also need to support and assist the DOE by upholding our environmental laws and coordinate with all parties, including Government-linked companies,” Global Environment Centre forest and coastal programme manager R Nagarajan told FocusM.
Environmental groups support stop-work order on S’gor GLC’s agro park
“Following the Selangor DOE’s investigation at the project location, a notice order was issued to PKPS on April 8 under Section 31, Environmental Quality Act 1974 (Act 127) as well as a stop-work order for activities prescribed under Section 34AA of the same Act on April 12 to stop the site clearing work immediately and…
Projek SSAP: NGO sokong arahan henti kerja terhadap GLC S’gor
“Kami menyokong tindakan JAS dan kami berharap agar PKPS mematuhi perintah itu kerana kami difahamkan mereka masih membersihkan tanah,” kata Faizal yang juga pengarah Pusat Alam Sekitar Global (GEC) kepada Malaysiakini.
Demi kelangsungan ‘paru-paru hijau’ Selangor
Mengulas mengenainya, Pengurus Program Hutan dan Pesisir Pantai, GEC, Nagarajan Rengasamy (HE) berkata kenyataan kerajaan negeri bahawa 40 peratus daripada HSKLU sudah merosot kualiti hutannya ketika ini adalah kurang tepat. Ini kerana, kawasan hutan yang terjejas akibat daripada kebakaran sebelum ini sudah menjalani aktiviti pemulihan dengan penanaman semula lebih daripada 12,000 pokok sejak tahun 2015…
Demi ‘survival’ hutan simpan Kuala Langat utara
“Malah, masyarakat di sini juga dididik cara betul memelihara hutan ini dengan baik seperti mengelak melakukan aktiviti berisiko kebakaran. Sebenarnya, proses rehabilitasi hutan ini telah berjaya dan kerana itu kami tidak faham mengapa hutan ini hendak dimusnahkan,” kata Tonjoi dari suku kaum Temuan
Selangor clearing another peat swamp forest without EIA, say groups
Nagarajan Rengasamy of GEC told The Malaysian Insight that the group’s team detected clearing of the site on March 15. “We detected the clearing about a month ago but the site was definitely cleared much earlier before it was detected,” he said, adding that GEC has a monitoring team that checks on the site once…
Because Forests Matter – Defending the Kuala Langat North Forest Reserve
It’s been over a year but the battle to save the Kuala Langat North Forest Reserve is far from over. Even though the Selangor State Legislative Assembly had passed a unanimous resolution last November to stop the degazettement of the area, the Menteri Besar of Selangor is still considering clearing 931 hectares of pristine peat…
Environmentalists fume over S’gor MB’s remarks on degazetting forest
Global Environment Centre (GEC) director Faizal Parish, who has been consistently vocal about the matter, stressed that Amirudin’s remarks show that he has not taken the objections by numerous parties seriously.