SAM seeks clarification regarding gazettement of two forest reserves and excision of Ijok Forest Reserve - a water catchment forest
PRESS STATEMENT 16 DECEMBER 2014
Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) refers to the statement by the YAB Menteri Besar of Perak at the State Legislative Assembly on 9 December 2014, as published in a number of local dailies.
Read moreSAM mohon penjelasan berhubung pewartaan dua hutan simpan dan pemansuhan hutan tadahan air, Hutan Simpan Ijok
KENYATAAN AKHBAR 16 DISEMBER 2014
Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) merujuk kenyataan YAB Menteri Besar Perak pada Sidang Dewan Undangan Negeri (Sidang DUN) baru-baru ini (9 Disember 2014) yang disiarkan dalam beberapa akhbar tempatan.
Read moreCAP calls on the Malaysian Government to Withdraw from the TPPA Negotiation
SAM joins CAP in the following Letter to the Editor urging the Malaysian government to withdraw from the TPPA negotiations
LETTER TO THE EDITOR 17 NOVEMBER 2014
The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) remains seriously concerned that Malaysia continues to negotiate the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) with 11 other countries including the United States. Hence CAP has sent a letter to the Prime Minister of Malaysia and submitted copies to all Ministers urging the Government to withdraw from the whole negotiation and not sign the TPPA. Below is our letter to Y.A.B. Dato' Sri Mohd. Najib Bin Tun Haji Abdul Razak and Cabinet Ministers.
Read moreSAM dan JARING menyokong penuh cadangan kerajaan untuk mengharamkan penggunaan pukat tunda di Zon B
Ini adalah kenyataan bersama JARING
KENYATAAN AKHBAR 07 NOVEMBER 2014
Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) dan Persatuan Pendidikan dan Kebajikan Jaringan Nelayan Pantai Malaysia (JARING) menyokong penuh cadangan kerajaan untuk mengharamkan penggunaan pukat di kawasan Zon B. SAM dan JARING merasakan tindakan pengharaman pukat tunda ini seharusnya di buat dengan lebih awal kerana penggunaan pukat ini mendatangkan lebih banyak keburukan daripada kebaikan.
Read moreSAM urges stringent action on polluters of Sungai Rui, Perak
PRESS STATEMENT 04 NOVEMBER 2014
Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) has urged the Department of Environment (DOE) of Perak to investigate and take stern action against those responsible in polluting Sungai Rui, near Gerik recently.
Read moreSAM gesa tindakan tegas ke atas pencemar Sungai Rui
KENYATAAN AKHBAR 4 NOVEMBER 2014
Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) menggesa Jabatan Alam Sekitar (JAS) Perak menyiasat dan mengambil tindakan tegas ke atas pihak yang terlibat dengan kejadian pencemaran Sungai Rui dekat Gerik baru-baru ini.
Read moreKuala Lumpur Kepong, please leave Collingwood Bay
Protesting against KLK's presence in Collingwood Bay
This is a joint statement with Friends of the Orangutans (FOTO)
PRESS STATEMENT 30 OCTOBER 2014
Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) and Friends of the Orangutans (FOTO) urge Kuala Lumpur Kepong Bhd (KLK Bhd) to immediately withdraw from Lot 5 in Collingwood Bay, Papua New Guinea and cease all its activities.
Read moreMalaysia may lose by RM5 billion from trade in the TPPA, besides damage in other areas
SAM supports the following letter sent by the Consumers' Association of Penang to the media
LETTER TO THE EDITOR 24 OCTOBER 2014
The Government should thus exit from the TPPA negotiations
A new paper by a senior economist working in a United Nations agency has shown that Malaysia will not enjoy a net gain in terms of its trade balance as a result of joining the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA). Instead, Malaysia will suffer a decline in its trade balance with the other eleven TPPA countries by nearly RM5 billion.
Read moreEyewash for a sinister plan – Stopping issuance of logging licence is merely smokescreen for the push of forest plantation
PRESS STATEMENT 14 OCTOBER 2014
Sarawak Chief Minister Tan Sri Adenan Satem again shocked the public when he announced on 9 October that ‘there would be no more issuance of logging licence’ until the problem of illegal logging is stopped.
Read moreHelah untuk rancangan yang mencurigakan - menghentikan pengeluaran lesen pembalakan hanya tabir asap untuk mendorong ladang hutan
KENYATAAN AKHBAR 14 OKTOBER 2014
Ketua Menteri Tan Sri Adenan Satem sekali lagi mengejutkan orang awam apabila beliau mengumumkan pada 9hb Oktober bahawa ‘tiada lesen balak baru akan dikeluarkan’ sehingga masalah pembalakan haram dan penyeludupan balak dibanteras.
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