KUALA LUMPUR – Large companies based near fire-prone areas in Indonesia may be called to help local communities prevent haze, the New Straits Times reported on Wednesday. Reporting on the ongoing regional meeting in Kuala Lumpur to tackle the problem of haze, the Malaysian daily quoted the director of the Global Environment Centre, Mr Faizal…
The director of a nonprofit organization Global Environment Centre, Mr Faizal Parish said, the average level of API in Malaysia has been mainly due to the changes of wind direction to Singapore recently and the rainfall in this country. According to him, the haze may come back to Malaysia next week.
PETALING JAYA: Although the haze seemed to have cleared up, the fight against land clearing and peatland fires is not over, said the chief of an environment organisation. Global Environment Centre director Faizal Parish expects the haze to worsen as the current drought continues until September. “The main source of the haze are large scale…
By OH ING YEEN ingyeen@thestar.com.my Photos by SAM THAM A TOTAL of RM31,931 was raised at the 2013 Setia Eco Walkathon and the amount was donated to the Global Environment Centre (GEC), a non-profit organisation. The amount was collected from the participation fees of RM18 (adults) and RM13 (children). The walkathon, with the tagline “Setia Eco…
Organisers should postpone their events if the Air Pollutant Index (API) readings are recorded above 200, said Global Environ-ment Centre (GEC) director Faizal Parish. He said this at an interview at SP Setia Bhd’s Setia Eco Walkathon yesterday. Faizal said the walkathon went on as planned as the API reading was at 95 the night…
A band of zealous trail users has assumed stewardship and advocacy for their outdoor playground. A RAKE, a hoe and two hours of back-breaking work. And voilà, you get a few metres of brand new trail ready to be stomped or ridden on. How gratifying! That was my first taste of trail-building on an outing…