Think before you buy … lest the purchase is unnece or made of non-biodegradable material and will damage the environment and come back to haunt you … in stinking water from the tap and costlier water treatment. And go back to basics. Bring the tiffin-carrier for takeaway food. Bring a big reusable bag when you…
Residents of Section 19, Petaling Jaya, stood transfixed. Were those really white egrets they are seeing before their very eyes? The residents have been pleasantly surprised recently with the appearance of migratory birds in the area. They are signs that the once heavily polluted Sungai Penchala running through their little neighbourhood is returning to life…
THE REVELATION THAT environmental auditors could take six years to make a return visit to a company underscores the dangerous chasm separating the level of industrial activity that is being seen from the responsible treatment and disposal of toxic wastes that are being produced. The problem highlighted by the Kuala Lumpur-based NGO Global Environment Centre…
Replanting coastal forests destroyed by last December’s tsunami sounds like a good idea — especially if they protect against future storms. But such plans need nurturing if they are to succeed, Erika Check discovers. On a cloudy, humid day last month, 250 people gathered near the beach in the small Indonesian village of Kajhu. Local…
SEVERAL residents associations and Rukun Tetangga sectors in Petaling Jaya have been roped in to help in monitoring water quality at lakes in Taman Aman, Section 19 and Bukit Kiara. Test kits for the purpose were presented to them on Saturday following a talk on river rehabilitation by Global Environment Centre (GEC) senior programme officer…
Editor’s summary: A study released in late October shows that areas buffered by coastal forests, like mangroves, were less damaged by the 2004 tsunami than areas without tree vegetation. Last week the FAO reported that 20% of the world’s mangrove forests have disappeared since 1980. (27-Oct-2005) A new study released today in the journal Science…
KAMPALA, Nov. 15 (Xinhuanet) — Wetlands, an essential part of the earth’s ecosystem got more spotlight as delegates from 147 countries convened in Ugandan capital Kampala for the past week onhow to protect and wisely use its resources. Experts, conservationists and policy makers ended up the meeting with call for more efforts to protect wetlands,…
Finn Danielsen,1* Mikael K. Sørensen,2 Mette F. Olwig,2 Vaithilingam Selvam,3 Faizal Parish,4 Neil D. Burgess,5,6 Tetsuya Hiraishi,7 Vagarappa M. Karunagaran,3 Michael S. Rasmussen,2 Lars B. Hansen,2 Alfredo Quarto,8 Nyoman Suryadiputra9 The scale of the 26 December 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami was almost unprecedented. In areas with the maximum tsunami intensity, little could have prevented catastrophic coastal destruction. Further away, however, areas with coastal tree vegetation…
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 30 (Bernama) — Environmental groups have lauded the government’s move to allocate a whopping RM1.9 billion to preserve the nation’s environment. Of the RM1.9 billion allocated, RM1.3 billion was for solid waste management, Global Environment Centre Director Faizal Parish said Friday. He said the move was timely as solid waste was the…
(AP) – KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia-Mangroves that bore the brunt of last year’s tsunami in Indonesia and other places have been replaced with hurriedly and improperly planted trees that may wither soon and leave coastal communities vulnerable, experts warned Tuesday. Saplings were planted in areas where their survival is precarious because species have been wrongly matched…