KUALA SELANGOR: There must be interagency and community-based partnerships to fight forest fires, especially at peatland forest reserves. says Selangor Forestry Department director Dr Puat Dahalan. He said they welcomed the contributions from the community when it came to keeping forest encroachment to a minimal level – a measure that reduces the probability of irresponsible…
Kerjasama, sokongan dan penglibatan orang ramai termasuk pihak swasta dan pertubuhan bukan kerajaan (NGO) diperlukan untuk memastikan sumber hutan di Selangor dapat dikekalkan dalam jangka masa panjang.
Enlisting local help to protect vulnerable peatlands. IN the past, the people have always counted on the Government to supply manpower and resources to protect forests and wildlife. That model has had only limited success as forests, by their very nature, are difficult to secure from determined trespassers. It seems that conservation that involves locals…
The Ministry of Development will be making peat swamp management as “one of the priorities” in national development, according to the minister yesterday on the sidelines of the Second Ministrial Steering Committee Forum, which is currently being held in Brunei Darussalam.
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Khamis, 22 Mac. – Persidangan Antarabangsa Hutan Paya 2012 (The International Conference on Wetland Forests 2012) sebagai wadah penting bagi memacu Negara Brunei Darussalam dalam memajukan ekonomi hijau sebagai tonggak penting dalam kepelbagaian ekonomi.
THE boat ride along the irrigation canal in Kampung Sungai Sireh, Tanjung Karang, Selangor, was refreshing and visitors could ask the boatman to stop and take a stroll along the lush edge of the forest. The waters of the peat swamp in the Sungai Karang forest reserve was the colour of black coffee. Stepping foot…
KUALA Selangor residents do not know the existence of peat swamps in the area as most of them assume it is agricultural land. SMK Sultan Sulaiman Shah teacher M. Thilaga, 38, said many of them live in Kuala Selangor but they were not even aware that the area was a peat swamp. “We didn’t even…
The largest peat swamp forest complex in Selangor is under threat. Three organisations have decided to do something to save it for future generations. ELLY FAZANIZA visits the Raja Musa Forest Reserve to fi nd out what is being done.