The SMK Teloi Kanan School in Kuala Ketil, Malaysia is planting mangroves for Plant-for-the-Planet. The school’s project began in 2006 when they participated in the UNEP Billion Tree Campaign, and continues today. The trees are being planted in Kuala Gula. Kuala Gula forms a part of the Matang Forest Reserve, which is one of the…
MENTION tree-planting and most people would envision a delightful and relaxing experience. After all, how hard can it get: just dig a hole, remove the poly bag from a young tree, plonk the tree into the hole and cover the roots with sand? Try planting a tree in a peat swamp and you will discover…
YEARS ago, the whole of the Pulau Indah coastal area off Klang, was covered with mangrove trees. Now, only about 20% of the trees remain. “This island used to be covered with 2,000ha to 3,000ha of mangrove forest but now only a small portion of it is left. “Part of the area, which used to…
KERIAN 22 Mei – Kira-kira 300 pelajar dari empat sekolah di Kedah dan Pulau Pinang menanam hampir 10,000 pokok bakau sempena Hari Biodiversiti di kawasan paya laut Kuala Gula di sini hari ini. Program itu anjuran Kelab Pencinta Alam Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (SMK) Teloi Kanan, Baling dengan kerjasama Sahabat Hutan Bakau (SHB) Kuala Gula dan…
ALL access roads into the Raja Musa Forest Reserve in Batang Berjuntai in Selangor will be closed by the first quarter of next year to prevent illegal access to the peat forest. According to Selangor Forestry Department director Dr Yunus Zakaria, the move is to prevent outsiders from going into the forest to conduct illegal…
SM KING Edward VII’s brass band got a fresh breath of life in the form of a RM64,740 donation from the CIMB Foundation recently. Band adviser Teoh Wei Kien was one of the happiest persons at the donation handover ceremony at the school in Taiping. “On behalf of the school, we feel great because we…
THE state government will take action against those responsible for illegal smallholders at the Raja Musa forest reserve at Batang Berjuntai, Kuala Selangor. Mentri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim said action would be taken against those who had mislead the smallholders into believing that the area was state land earmarked for agriculture. Khalid said the…
SELANGOR Tourism, Consumer Affairs and Environment Committee chairman Elizabeth Wong said that the Kota Damansara Forest Reserve nearly became a victim of development recently. She said the state had prevented several possible attempts by stopping the degazetting of 121.4ha of the area given to Permodalan Negeri Selangor Bhd (PNSB) several years ago. Wong said the…
Peat forests are worth more as they are, than chopped down. BY nature it is waterlogged. So, when humans try to alter its traits, the system bites back. As though furious with the violation, the land combusts, sending out sporadic fires which foul the air with smoke. And these spats have been occurring for the…
Protecting peatlands will help the climate. AFTER years of screaming for funds to address the massive peatland loss in Indonesia, conservationists are finally getting noticed. The realisation that those annual peat fires not only contribute to hazy skies and respiratory ailments but are also accelerating global warming has attracted attention beyond the region. Peatlands cover…