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. The Selangor state government, the Forestry Department and the Kuala Selangor District Council (MDKS) in collaboration with the Petaling Jaya-based Global Environment…
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 community group Sahabat Hutan Gambut Selangor Utara. The residents will work with the Global Environment Centre, Selangor Forestry Department…
KUALA SELANGOR: 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. The peatland forest fire and haze prevention campaign with the tagline “No Peat Fire, No Haze” was launched…
EDUCATION:Kuala Selangor students come up with plans for peat swamp rehabilitation BRIGHT and early on a Saturday morning, 12 employees of HSBC Bank Malaysia Bhd (HSBC) departed for Raja Musa Forest Reserve near Bestari Jaya, Kuala Selangor. Volunteering at the Peat Swamp Forest Ranger Camp, the employees were there to lend their support to 40…
KUALA SELANGOR: Villagers whose livelihood is linked to the Raja Musa Forest Reserve have agreed to work together with the authorities to safeguard the area. “We will be keeping an eye on the forest and will report any encroachment to the authorities,” said Sungai Sireh Home Stay manager Abu Bakar Moin. Abu Bakar, whose business…
Students learn why it is important to protect our wetlands at the World Habitat Day celebration Friends of Mangrove members explains the Kuala Gula mangrove eco-system to the participants. 1 / 4 HUNDREDS of students from primary and secondary schools in Perak and Penang celebrated World Habitat Day with members of Global Environment Centre (GEC) …
KUALA SELANGOR: More than 50 Timberland employees gave time and effort to preserve a peat swamp at Raja Musa Forest Reserve (RMFR) recently. Serve-A-Palooza is a yearly community service event held by Timberland, an outdoor clothing and products company. Timberland assistant retail manager Michael Fong said the event at RMFR, which is part of the north…
SIX non-governmental organisations (NGOs) based in Peninsular Malaysia recently received the Shell Malaysia Sustainable Development Grants for their environment conservation and sustainable livelihood projects. The six projects were part of the 13 recipients selected to receive the 2010 Shell Malaysia Sustainable Development Grants, which is currently in its third cycle. In a separate ceremony earlier,…
NO decision has been made with regard to converting the Kuala Langat South peat swamp forest into an oil palm estate, said Selangor Mentri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim. “The state government is presently studying how to resolve two existing issues affecting the forest — the farmers that are intruding into the forest, and…
THE Kuala Langat South Peat Swamp Forest issue is heating up with various parties hitting out at the state government for its non-action on the matter. Petaling Jaya Utara federal development coordinator Datuk Dr Wong Sai Hou said instead of protecting swamp forest to fight climate change, the state government was destroying it by planning…