River care centre to educate Sungai Way folk
THE GAB Foundation in partnership with Global Environment Centre (GEC) has opened a dedicated River Care Education Centre in Desa Mentari for communities living along Sungai Way as part of its river rehabilitation project. This RM40,000 resource centre houses a library full of reference materials on water rehabilitation and conservation, a laboratory equipped with test equipment…
Foundation launches education centre for Sg Way community
THE GAB Foundation, in partnership with the Global Environment Centre (GEC), recently launched a dedicated River Care Education Centre in Desa Mentari for the Sungai Way community. The centre is part of the W.A.T.E.R. (Working Actively Through Education and Rehabilitation) Project, a three-year environmental project initiated by the foundation to clean and rehabilitate the Sungai…
Dedicated centre for river rehabilitation
PETALING JAYA: To shore up efforts at river rehabilitation and education, Guinness Anchor Bhd Foundation (GAB) and Global Environment Centre (GEC) launched the River Care Education Centre in Desa Mentari yesterday. Touted as the first of its kind in Malaysia, the RM40,000 River Care Education Centre was opened by GAB Foundation chairman Tan Sri Saw…
Lake in dire need of care
THE RM1.1mil allocation to upgrade Taman Aman in Section 22, Petaling Jaya, in the 2010 Petaling Jaya City Hall (MBPJ) budget should be used to clean the lake, said Kampung Tunku assemblyman Lau Weng San. Lau said a report by the area’s Rukun Tetangga and non-governmental organisation Global Environment Centre (GEC), highlighted problems linked to…
Tree-planting for the future
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…
The Canon Brand Goes From Zero to Hero all with the Help of Some Clever Advertising
To take the project to the next level of interactivity, Canon called all 1000 participants of the project to join them at Padang Kota Damansara, on October 19th 2008, to help them plant 2,500 seedlings. “We also invited YB Elizabeth Wong (Bukit Lanjan Exco), Faizal Parish (Director of Global Environment Centre), YB Dato Haji Mohamad…
Move to restore mangrove forests
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…
Experts Discuss Key Issues To Manage Belum-Temengor Rain Forest
IPOH, Oct 22 (Bernama) — Experts began roundtable discussions on various key issues on the second day of a conference titled, “Towards an Integrated Masterplan For Sustainable Management of the Belum-Temengor Tropical Rainforest”, here. Policy and Governance Planning, Security and Enforcement, Sustainable Eco-Tourism and Marketing, Self-Sustainability of the Belum-Temengor Tropical Rain Forest, Research and Development…
Deploying microbes to clean up lakes
They have always been told not to throw things into rivers and lakes but yesterday, that piece of advice was happily ignored by a group of pupils as they joined in efforts to rehabilitate the Kelana Jaya lakes. Together with Motorola Malaysia employees, the students of Sekolah Kebangsaan Seri Kelana threw 1,100 effective microorganism (EM)…
