LONG-TERM VIEW: Environmentalists support City Hall’s car-free day but call for more to be done to limit or replace cars KUALA LUMPUR: ENVIRONMENTALISTS are supporting City Hall’s decision to make the first Sunday of each month car-free for a couple of hours, but are also urging for policies and projects to stay consistent. Global Environment…
CONSERVATION: FedEx and the Global Environment Centre got together to plant 300 mangrove saplings in Kuala Gula KUALA LUMPUR: COURIER company FedEx Express (FedEx) partnered with the Global Environment Centre (GEC) to plant 300 mangrove saplings in Kuala Gula, Perak recently. Some 71 FedEx volunteers from Kuala Lumpur, Penang and Ipoh got together to complete…
The ROL-POP (River of Life — Public Outreach Programme) River Carnival will be held at the SMK Taman Melawati school field , here, on Sunday. The event is organised by the Department of Irrigation and Drainage Malaysia, Environment and Natural Resources Ministry and Federal Territories Ministry in conjunction with World Rivers Day 2013. Event partners…
MANGROVE swamps are essential for the eco-system as they help protect coastal areas from erosion. However, over the years, a large section of this indigenous swamp has been severely marred due to abandoned development projects in the area. FedEx Express recently teamed up with the Global Environment Centre to organise a rehabilitation activity at the…
BESTARI JAYA, 28 OGOS : Raja Muda Selangor, Tengku Amir Shah Ibni Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah berkenan mencemar duli untuk turut serta dalam Majlis Penanaman Pokok Hutan Tanah Gambut di Kompartmen 100 Hutan Simpan Raja Musa, di sini. Majlis itu membabitkan aktiviti menanam 600 pokok dari spesis perintis hutan tanah gambut, iaitu Tenggek Burung…
PETALING JAYA: For Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ), it is not all about the money when it comes to running the city. In fact, since 2011, the council has given a portion of its revenue back to city folk in the form of assessment rate rebates to encourage residents to embark on green initiatives at…
THREE hundred volunteers recently sweated it out to clean a source of the Klang River, located just below the Klang Gates dam. The clean-up was organised by the Irrigation and Drainage Department (DID), Global Environment Centre (GEC), Ampang Jaya Municipal Council, Lanskap Malaysia, Yayasan Modal Insan Harta, GAB Foundation and the Selangor Environment Department. The…
TEMPO.CO, KUALA LUMPUR – Indonesia berharap untuk meratifikasi perjanjian anti polusi kabut asap lintas batas ASEAN (Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution) akhir tahun ini atau awal tahun depan. Harapan itu disampaikan Menteri Lingkungan Balthasar Kambuaya usai pertemuan dengan mitranya dari lima negara ASEAN yang membahas kabut asap di Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Rabu, 17 Juli 2013. “Kami berharap…
POOLING RESOURCES: They have equipment, knowledge of fire-prone areas and can educate communities KUALA LUMPUR: LARGE companies based near fire-prone areas in Indonesia may be called to help local communities prevent haze. Global Environment Centre director Faizal Parish said while many companies had taken precautions against burning on their own land, smaller incidents of fire…