KUALA LUMPUR: Even as world attention focuses on earthquake and typhoon victims in Southeast Asia, there is grim reminder of another threat to the region – scientists and environmentalists are warning of a return of the choking haze due to an extended dry season in Indonesia. A little over a decade ago, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia,…
Global Environment Centre received a substantial amount of donations from DiGi’s Love to Save Campaign that was held in June 2009. Among the other charities that benefitted from this amazing campaign are SPCA, MNS, Borneo Conservation Trust, MAKNA, Hospis Malaysia, Malaysian Aids Foundation, IJN Foundation, National Kidney Foundation, Malaysia Council for Children’s Welfare, NACSCOM, NCBM, WAO,…
FOURTEEN charitable organisations received donations of RM150,000 in total from DiGi Telecommunications Sdn Bhd under its “Love to Save” campaign. “We conceptualised this campaign to make it easy for Malaysians to support their charity of choice. We wanted to give everyone, including non-DiGi customers, the opportunity to make a difference with just one click,” said…
Clean-up efforts are making Sungai Way cleaner and healthier not only for aquatic life, but for those living nearby too. Walking by the Sungai Way river in Selangor was an unpleasant experience less than two years ago. The water was “colourful”, thanks to the numerous plastic bags, empty containers and other rubbish caught in it….
ALL it took was a click for the public to donate to their favourite charity during DiGi’s Love to Save campaign, where the company had pledged to donate RM150,000 to 14 charitable organisations. The campaign, held in June, saw both DiGi subscribers and non-subscribers visiting the website www.lovetosave.com.my to choose a charity where, with each click or vote, DiGi…
KUALA LUMPUR: Sarawak should outlaw open burning on peat areas as they contribute to fires and the haze. Environmental advisor to the Sarawak Government Dr James Dawos Mamit said he would advise the Natural Resource and Environment Board to review its current practice of issuing permits to plantations on peat land to use burning in…
MIRI: Traveling along the Pan-Borneo Highway has become a very dangerous affair as visibility has been reduced to less than 100 metres in some stretches due to the worsening haze, made worse by the forest fires raging all over the state. The Star on Friday found some stretches of the highway along a 50-km route between…
KUALA LUMPUR – THE thick haze blanketing some parts of Malaysia could worsen the Influenza A (H1N1) situation by triggering more respiratory illnesses, Health Minister Liow Tiong Lai has said. Experts have warned that the current forest fires in Indonesia and Sarawak, if left unchecked, may bring about the region’s worst haze in 10 years….
PETALING JAYA: The Department of Environment should review the environmental impact assessment (EIA) report on the proposed 1,000ha shrimp farm project in Terengganu, said Global Environment Centre director Faisal Parish. The report on the project, known as the Integrated Shrimp Aquaculture Park (iSHARP) located in Penarik, near Setiu, was published on the department’s website on…
Tuesday July 7, 2009 Wetlands’ guardian – A conservationist works tirelessly to protect Malaysia’s wetlands. By HILARY CHIEW, The Star Online, Malaysia. Abstracted from the following webpage at www.theStar.com.my FAIZAL Parish was visibly upbeat at a recent interview. He had just returned from the United States. No, he wasn’t rejuvenated from a holiday trip but by…