WHEN Dr Kalithasan Kailasam asked a group of students at an environment camp for an example of a clean river, they pointed to a picture of a soothing stream in a jungle. They did not realise that the other photographs of brown and murky waters were also from the same source that is Sungai Pencala….
A freshwater fish species from South America, released into our rivers by fish breeders and aquarists, may pose a threat to local fish species and the ecosystem. Thankfully, it’s not the dreaded man-eating piranha. The fish is popularly known in the fish hobbyist circle as ikan bandaraya because it does a good job cleaning up…
Garbage-choked Sungai Pencala is a sad reflection of how Malaysians treat their rivers and lakes. Now, however, they have been given a chance to redeem themselves, ELIZABETH JOHN writes. THE easiest thing to do when something goes wrong is to point a finger. Preferably at anyone but ourselves. Nothing exemplifies this better than the troubles…
THE Petaling Jaya Municipal Council (MPPJ) will commit to a programme that will ensure the cleanliness of the Kelana Jaya lakes. In a tour of the lakes recently, MPPJ president Datuk Abdul Karim Munisar said the Global Environment Centre (GCE) and Friends of Kelana Jaya Lake have identified the pollution sources and the council would…
WORLD-class anglers go to India’s Cauvery River in the hope of landing what may be the catch of a lifetime – the mighty Mahseer, king of the Himalayan rivers. Local entrepreneur Sharifuddin Budin, 43, believes they should come to Kelantan’s Sungai Nenggiri too, where they can find the Malaysian king of freshwater sport fish. Sleek,…
Places like England’s Lake District, once home to famous romantic poets like Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William Wordsworth, are still known for their mystic beauty and crystal waters. Too bad the same can’t be said about lakes in some of our municipalities – the mention of which simply produce complaints and embarrassment. There are several…