`STAY VIGILANT AGAINST ENVIRONMENTAL THREATS’
The Global Environment Centre (GEC) director Faizal Parish said the Covid-19 pandemic had exposed how vulnerable the nation was to the degradation of ecosystems.
NGOs: Move to gazette geosites needs fine-tuning
Global Environment Centre director Faizal Parish said that while the proposal “sounds very positive”, the state government should do more to protect the existing parks and forests. “For example, it has allocated very little resources towards the management of the Selangor State Park, which is under the Selangor Forestry Department. “It is crucial that adequate…
IWK: Dirty habit leads to heavy costs
“From sanitary pads, wet wipes, and condoms to cigarette butts, cat litter, medicine, diapers and hair are thrown into the toilets and these items clog and contaminate our sewerage systems.”
The how and why behind Selangor’s plan to degazette Kuala Langat North Forest Reserve
NGOs such as the Global Environment Centre (GEC) say the peat swamp forest still serves as a valuable “carbon sink” — naturally storing more than 1.5 million tonnes of carbon from the atmosphere — one of the last of its kind in southern Selangor. GEC also said that after fires burnt a large area of…
Experts back setting up of river basin authority
Global Environment Centre river care programme manager Dr Kalithasan Kailasam said setting up an authority for a specific river basin was a good way moving forward. “Setting up such an authority is actually a holistic way forward for sustainable river management, especially when it involves a shared river.”
In conjunction with the Earth Day 2021, GEC urges everyone to protect and restore our home – the Earth
Faizal Parish, Director of Global Environment Centre (GEC) said, “Natural ecosystems provide critical services to all of us as well as supporting biodiversity. Mangroves protect our coastline from storms and erosion and are the breeding and nursery habitat for much of our seafood; while peatlands store water and prevent floods as well as being our…