Thirty residents of Kampung Kayu Ara were recently given a three-hour crash course in solid waste and river management in an effort to ensure that they maintained the cleanliness of Sungai Kayu Ara. KAMPUNG Kayu Ara residents are meeting the challenge of ensuring that Sungai Kayu Ara remains clean under the Community Participa-tion in Waste…
A Campaign to clean up Sungai Kayu Ara in Bukit Lanjan has begun. In three months, the river is expected to be a model of a clean river to all Malaysians. The Sungai Kayu Ara project, which will rope in participation from the local community, is an initiative by Bukit Lanjan State Assemblyman Yong Dai…
ABOUT 40 students from SMK Teloi Kanan in Kedah made their August school holidays worthwhile by doing their bit for the environment. Together with their headmistress, Nooriah Bahari, they planted more than 1,000 mangrove seedlings and 500 seeds at Telok Rubiah in Kuala Gula. The activity was organised by Global Environment Centre (GEC), the school…
Looking smart in white T-shirts and blue caps, 52 teachers were up early at Berapit, Bukit Mertajam. Carrying files, buckets, test kits and nets, they were eager to start their day. The teachers, participants of a River Ranger Trainers Training Workshop, were on a field assignment to begin river mapping near a river source at…
A ready-made solution to reverse the adverse effects of climate change can be found in peat forests. AN immediate and relatively cheap way of mitigating climate change may lie in this region, in its deforested, drained and charred peat swamps. A new report revealed that degraded tropical peatlands is responsible for 8% of the current…
The river here is just a kilometre from its source, but the water is already muddy and the natural banks eroded. This artificial channel may be neat, but it deprives the stream of its natural filteing function. It speeds up the flow of water, causing rapid erosion of the banks. Once it leaves the park,…
KUALA LUMPUR: It was not a pretty sight on the grounds of the Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM) after the Green Fest celebration was over. In fact, it was appalling. The event was meant to create awareness about environmental conservation but some visitors could not care less. Employees of Global Environment Centre, a non-governmental organisation,…
GEORGE TOWN: Future hikes in the water tariff will be accompanied by punitive measures to discourage wastage. Energy, Water and Communications Minister Datuk Seri Dr. Lim Keng Yaik, who said this yesterday, however made it clear that there was no plan to raise water charges at present. “But in the event it happens, we will,…
CARS running on palm biodiesel may emit less carbon but once the overall production of the biofuel is scrutinised, its usage actually inflicts more damage on the global climate. This is because large tracts of oil palm plantations in Malaysia and Indonesia, the world’s top two growers of the crop, sit on peat forests. “Peatlands…
WITH vegetable oils finding a new use as car fuel, we may end up facing a food shortage or paying more for food. Soaring demand for corn, sugar cane, rapeseed and palm oil to make biofuels has driven up prices of these crops, and that of food made from them. In January, Mexicans took to…