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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 ...
Read More > Date 20-May-2021  | Category Forest Protection 
Mangrove conservation

Read More > Date 08-May-2021  | Category Mangrove 
Sensor cegah kebakaran tanah gambut
Sekiranya bacaan paras didapati kritikal maklumat seterusnya akan disalurkan kepada Jabatan Perhutanan Negeri Selangor, Global Environment Centre (GEC) dan komuniti setempat seperti Sahabat Hutan Gambut Selangor Utara untuk mengambil ...
Read More > Date 07-May-2021  | Category  
NRCF offers a RM5k grant for river/water rehabilitation projects
THE Global Environment Centre (GEC) is establishing a National River Care Fund (NRCF) – Small Grant Programme to provide startup or operation grants of up to RM5,000 (per project) in efforts that involves river or water rehabilitation ...
Read More > Date 30-Apr-2021  | Category  
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 ...
Read More > Date 30-Apr-2021  | Category River Care 
Environmental crisis heating up, urgent action needed
Global Environment Centre director Faizal Parish said from 1969 to 2015, the annual minimum temperature in Peninsular Malaysia had risen by 1.4°Celsius. “Sea levels have risen by 5cm (on average) from 1993 to 2015. It is predicted to rise by 50cm ...
Read More > Date 22-Apr-2021  | Category Earth Day Celebration 
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 ...
Read More > Date 22-Apr-2021  | Category Earth Day Celebration 
Media Release: 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 ...
Read More > Date 21-Apr-2021  | Category Earth Day Celebration 
Expert questions how Kedah would use any water compensation from Penang
Another panellist, K Kalithasan, who is a coordinator at the Global Environment Centre, said the two states can solve the conflict but negotiations must prioritise public interest. “The federal government should step in to moderate and invite ...
Read More > Date 20-Apr-2021  | Category River  
Library in community garden
Head of the group, Halim Mohamad Saad said they collaborated with UCSI University, which received a RM8,000 grant from the Starfish Foundation, to build a small library in the community garden for the children.
Read More > Date 19-Apr-2021  | Category Community Garden 
Respect DOE’s decision and leave peat swamp forests alone, NGO tells Selangor
“Other Government agencies also need to support and assist the DOE by upholding our environmental laws and coordinate with all parties, including Government-linked companies,” Global Environment Centre forest and coastal programme manager ...
Read More > Date 17-Apr-2021  | Category Forest 
Environmental groups support stop-work order on S'gor GLC's agro park
"Following the Selangor DOE's investigation at the project location, a notice order was issued to PKPS on April 8 under Section 31, Environmental Quality Act 1974 (Act 127) as well as a stop-work order for activities prescribed under Section 34AA ...
Read More > Date 16-Apr-2021  | Category Forest 
Projek SSAP: NGO sokong arahan henti kerja terhadap GLC S'gor
"Kami menyokong tindakan JAS dan kami berharap agar PKPS mematuhi perintah itu kerana kami difahamkan mereka masih membersihkan tanah," kata Faizal yang juga pengarah Pusat Alam Sekitar Global (GEC) kepada Malaysiakini.
Read More > Date 16-Apr-2021  | Category Forest 
Demi ‘survival’ hutan simpan Kuala Langat utara
“Malah, masyarakat di sini juga dididik cara betul memelihara hutan ini dengan baik seperti mengelak melakukan aktiviti berisiko kebakaran. Sebenarnya, proses rehabilitasi hutan ini telah berjaya dan kerana itu kami tidak faham mengapa hutan ...
Read More > Date 14-Apr-2021  | Category Forest 
Demi kelangsungan 'paru-paru hijau' Selangor
Mengulas mengenainya, Pengurus Program Hutan dan Pesisir Pantai, GEC, Nagarajan Rengasamy (HE) berkata kenyataan kerajaan negeri bahawa 40 peratus daripada HSKLU sudah merosot kualiti hutannya ketika ini adalah kurang tepat. Ini kerana, ...
Read More > Date 14-Apr-2021  | Category Forest 
Klebang Selatan KRT Now a Tapioca Chips Processing and Selling Centre
According to the Director of GEC, Faizal Parish, the effort to make the KRT a processing and selling centre of tapioca chips was motivated by the COVID-19 pandemic, which halted sources of income during the resulting Movement Control Order.
Read More > Date 10-Apr-2021  | Category Community livelihood 

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