THE GAB Foundation in collaboration with the Global Environment Centre (GEC) organised a seminar for business owners and operators situated along the Sungai Way basin. The seminar was part of a community engagement programme under the GAB Foundation’s Working Actively Through Education and Rehabilitation (W.A.T.E.R) Project – Sungai Way River Rehabilitation Project. The main objective…
Anplas Bags are helping GEC to raise funds for the Raja Musa Peat Forest Rehabilitation Programme. Read on for more! Peatland plays a very important cooling role on the Earth overall temperature by capturing and storing Carbon Dioxide (CO2), the major contributor to global Green House Effect. Hence some Tree Planting events are organized by…
KUALA LUMPUR: It will pay to dress in green tomorrow and on Saturday. You may be one of the lucky ones to be spotted by volunteers, also clad in green, who will hand you a bookmark to mark the “Lights Off Green On” environmental protection campaign initiated by MCA Youth together with the Global Environment Centre….
THE Guinness Anchor Berhad (GAB) Foundation and the Global Environment Centre (GEC) recently organised a seminar for owners and operators of businesses situated along the Sungai Way river basin as part of its river rehabilitation initiative dubbed as Working Actively Through Education and Rehabilitation (WATER) project. GAB Foundation chairman Tan Sri Saw Huat Lye said the…
PETALING JAYA: Those running businesses along the Sungai Way basin were given a better understanding of the Sungai Way river rehabilitation project at a seminar presented by GAB Foundation and GEC. The aim of the seminar was to engage and get the support of the business and commercial communities for the project. GAB Foundation, GEC…
KETIKA menyusuri kawasan hutan paya laut, kelihatan burung botak kecil, burung upeh, kedidi berkaki merah dan bangau besar sedang tenang mencari makan di sepanjang kawasan paya laut yang sedang surut di Kuala Gula. Tidak terlepas pandangan ialah helang merah berterbangan di udara manakala lotong kelabu, belacak, sekendi kepala besar dan kera di sekitar Ban Joo…
KUALA LUMPUR: The amendment to the National Forest Act has seen illegal logging in the peninsula dwindling in the past few years, Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Tan Sri Joseph Kurup said yesterday. Before the act was amended in 1993, 211 cases of illegal logging were reported. The amendment paved the way for…
PUBLIC cooperation and support is needed to ensure the billions of ringgit spent on the rehabilitation and cleaning of Klang River does not go to waste. Selangor Mentri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim said the state wanted to restore the glory of Klang River, once an unpolluted waterway that was the pride of the residents…
KUALA Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) sent a team of contractors and workers to parks and playgrounds in the city during the weekend to cut the grass and spruce up the areas. Residents in Sri Hartamas, Sunway SPK Damansara, Taman Tun and Jalan Kelang Lama said DBKL workers were seen cleaning up the places. “It is…
KERIAN 28 Feb. – Setiap tahun, Hari Tanah Lembap Sedunia atau World Wetlands Day (WWD) akan disambut di seluruh dunia dengan penganjuran pelbagai kempen dan Malaysia juga tidak terkecuali. Tujuannya adalah untuk meningkatkan kesedaran awam terhadap nilai dan manfaat tanah lembap yang terdiri daripada pelbagai keadaan seperti hutan paya laut, tasik, sungai dan hutan tanah…