TANPA kita sedari hutan paya gambut merupakan salah satu khazanah alam yang penting kerana ia merupakan ekosistem terdiri daripada hidrologi, tanah dan tumbuhan. Kepentingan hutan paya gambut ini bukan sahaja dapat menyediakan pelbagai hasil hutan malah menjadi sumber rantaian makanan kepada kehidupan di sekelilingnya. Ia juga dapat bertindak sebagai medium untuk mengawal malapetaka seperti kebanjiran…
A Sai Council member managed to get an article in about our tree planting!
KUALA KETIL: Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Teloi Kanan (SMKTK) di sini sekali lagi mencatat sejarah, sekali gus mengharumkan nama negara apabila empat pelajar dan dua gurunya dipilih mengikuti persidangan alam sekitar peringkat global di Stavanger, Norway selama enam hari. Program pendidikan bertemakan Agenda Alam Sekitar Remaja anjuran `The Young Agenda Foundation International House’ berpejabat di Stavanger…
TAIPING: Unsustainable logging over the last 50 years has left villagers of Kampung Kuala Gula, 50km from here, without a natural buffer against high tide, erosion and the waves of 2004 tsunami. Over-exploitation of the mangrove trees by the locals, which they sold as charcoal and building material, also affected their livelihood. The complex mangrove…
GEC anjur penanaman pokok bakau pulihara kawasan hutan paya TAIPING: Pembalakan tanpa kawalan di Kuala Gula, dekat sini sejak lebih 50 tahun lalu menjejaskan sebahagian besar ekosistem kawasan itu merangkumi habitat sungai, kuala sungai, pulau bakau dan pesisir pantai selain mengurangkan sumber ikan yang menjadi punca pendapatan penduduk setempat. GEC anjur penanaman pokok bakau pulihara…
Bridgestone Tyre Sales (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd contributed a total of RM110,820 to the Global Environment Centre (GEC), a non-profit organisation committed to environmental preservation. The funds were raised from a series of charity drives held recently as part of Bridgestone’s ‘Make Cars Green’ initiatives to help raise public awareness about green motoring and rally support…
KUALA LUMPUR: The Federal Hotel Kuala Lumpur marked the 40th anniversary of Earth Day last Thursday with the launch of its Green Generation exhibition. The exhibition, supported by the Ministry of Federal Territories and Urban Wellbeing, City Hall, and Local Agenda 21 Kuala Lumpur, is about the need to preserve the environment. Local Agenda 21…
Earth Day Network was founded on the premise that all people, regardless of race, gender, income, or geography, have a moral right to a healthy, sustainable environment. Their mission is to broaden and diversify the environmental movement worldwide, and to mobilize it as the most effective vehicle for promoting a healthy, sustainable environment. Their mission…
THE participation of Formula One drivers, Rubens Barrichello (AT&T Williams), Heikki Kovalainen (Lotus Racing) and Mark Webber (Red Bull Racing), made the recent MD Cup 10th Anniversary Challenge “Drive for Charity” golf event an unforgettable experience for the other participants. The event, which took place at the Saujana Golf and Country Club, was held in…
The Ministry of Environment (Japan) will be holding the International Youth Conference on Biodiversity in Aichi 2010. This is scheduled for August 2010, and is aimed at providing a platform for youths from around the globe to share their ideas, thoughts and knowledge in biodiversity. The conference is being held in conjunction with the 10th…
