THE boat ride along the irrigation canal in Kampung Sungai Sireh, Tanjung Karang, Selangor, was refreshing and visitors could ask the boatman to stop and take a stroll along the lush edge of the forest. The waters of the peat swamp in the Sungai Karang forest reserve was the colour of black coffee. Stepping foot…
KUALA Selangor residents do not know the existence of peat swamps in the area as most of them assume it is agricultural land. SMK Sultan Sulaiman Shah teacher M. Thilaga, 38, said many of them live in Kuala Selangor but they were not even aware that the area was a peat swamp. “We didn’t even…
KUALA SELANGOR: Villagers whose livelihood is linked to the Raja Musa Forest Reserve have agreed to work together with the authorities to safeguard the area. “We will be keeping an eye on the forest and will report any encroachment to the authorities,” said Sungai Sireh Home Stay manager Abu Bakar Moin. Abu Bakar, whose business…
The largest peat swamp forest complex in Selangor is under threat. Three organisations have decided to do something to save it for future generations. ELLY FAZANIZA visits the Raja Musa Forest Reserve to fi nd out what is being done.
KUALA SELANGOR, 18 Feb (Bernama) — Kira- kira 300 sukarelawan antaranya kakitangan korporat HSBC Bank Malaysia Berhad dan kanak-kanak sekolah menanam lebih 1,000 benih pokok di Hutan Simpan Raja Musa di sini Sabtu sempena Hari Wetland Sedunia 2012. Program menanam pokok pemulihan itu dijalankan dengan kerjasama kerajaan Selangor, Jabatan Perhutanan negeri, HSBC Bank dan Global…
KUALA SELANGOR: COMMUNITY engagement to revive and rehabilitate the almost destroyed peat land in the Raja Musa Forest Reserve was the main agenda of the Global Environment Centre (GEC) yesterday. Two community-based initiatives, Friends of Peatland Forest (FPF) and Peat Land Forest Rangers (PFR), were introduced to involve the local community as part of the…
KUALA SELANGOR: Some 300 volunteers, among them corporate staff from HSBC Bank Malaysia Berhad and school children, today planted more than 1,000 saplings at the Raja Musa Forest Reserve near here to commemorate World Wetlands Day 2012. The tree-planting, under the Raja Musa Forest Reserve Rehabilitation Programme, was undertaken in collaboration with the Selangor government, State Forestry…
ORGANISING an expo to promote an environmentally-friendly lifestyle can pose a conundrum — the event itself should be as “green” as possible. But Advanced Diploma in Mass Communication (Public Relations) students of Tunku Abdul Rahman (TAR) College managed to successfully pull it off. They even raised over RM1,000 for the Global Environment Centre (GEC) in…