PRESS STATEMENT                                                                                                                21 MAY 2013 

SAM supports the call by the Consumers' Association of Penang to the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI) to immediately withdraw the Malaysian proposal tabled at the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA).

The Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) calls on the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI) and the Department of Standards (Standards Malaysia) to immediately withdraw a Malaysian proposal that it has tabled at the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) negotiations. We believe that this proposal will have potentially dangerous impacts on public health, food safety and consumer choice.

PRESS STATEMENT                                                                                                           20 MARCH 2013

Statement from the coalition group, Friends of Ulu Muda of which SAM is a part of

20 March 2013, Kuala Lumpur – The Friends of Ulu Muda applaud the Kedah State Forestry Department on the recent gazettement of a total of eight proposed forest reserves as Permanent Reserved Forests (PRF) on January 2013. Some of the gazetted areas had been proposed as PRFs since 2003.

The Penan of Long Daloh look after their communal forest by planting native tree species to rehabilitate their forest

PRESS STATEMENT                                                                                                           13 MARCH 2013

SAM has been informed by Penan villagers in Sungai Patah, Baram that their native customary land is now confronted by a double threat simultaneously. The first threat comes from the attempt of a logging company to encroach into their communal forest reserve which has been successfully protected since the people’s last blockade in the area in 2008-2009. The proposed construction of the Baram Dam meanwhile poses another looming threat to their lives.

Penduduk Long Daloh menjaga hutan komunal mereka dengan menanam spesis-spesis pokok hutan untuk memuliharakan hutan mereka

KENYATAAN AKHBAR                                                                                                            13 MAC 2013

SAM telah dimaklumkan oleh kaum Penan di Sungai Patah, Baram, bahawa tanah adat mereka kini sedang berhadapan dengan dua buah ancaman secara serentak. Ancaman pertama adalah percubaan sebuah syarikat pembalakan untuk mencerobohi hutan simpan kampung mereka yang telah berjaya dilindungi daripada sebarang pencerobohan semenjak blockade terakhir mereka sekitar tahun 2008-2009. Sementara itu, ancaman kedua pula ditimbulkan oleh cadangan pembinaan projek hidro Empangan Baram.

KENYATAAN AKHBAR                                                                                                    25 FEBRUARI 2013          

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) menyoal Jabatan Alam Sekitar (JAS) sama ada kandungan dan paras hidrogen sianida (HCN) dalam udara di Bukit Koman, Raub, Pahang yang diisytiharkan selamat oleh JAS adalah benar-benar selamat dan tidak akan menjejaskan kesihatan mereka yang terdedah kepada bahan pencemar ini.

Article in KOSMO

PRESS STATEMENT                                                                                        21 FEBRUARY 2013 

The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) and Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) strongly condemn the irresponsible statement by Datuk Fuad Hassan, Director General of JASA (Jabatan Hal Ehwal Khas/ Department of Special Affairs) that he suspects we have an understanding with those who want to see that the Barisan Nasional Government be brought down. The allegation is baseless and highly defamatory.

Berita dari Kosmo

KENYATAAN AKHBAR                                                                                              21 FEBRUARI 2013

Persatuan Pengguna Pulau Pinang (CAP) dan Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) mengutuk kenyataan tidak bertanggungjawab Datuk Fuad Hassan, Ketua Pengarah Jabatan Hal Ehwal Khas (JASA) bahawa beliau mengesyaki yang kami ada persefahaman dengan pihak-pihak yang hendak melihatkan Kerajaan Barisan Nasional jatuh. Tuduhan ini adalah tidak berasas dan merupakan fitnah.

FOEI MEDIA ADVISORY                                                                                            01 FEBRUARY 2013

MONROVIA, LIBERIA, February 1st, 2013 – Palm oil companies are grabbing more than 1.5 million acres of land in Liberia and are violating human rights of local communities, warn Liberian NGOs including Friends of the Earth Liberia (SDI - Sustainable Development Institute), Save My Future Foundation (SAMFU) and Social Entrepreneurs for Sustainable Development (SESDev).

PRESS STATEMENT                                                                                         30TH JANUARY 2013

Sahabat Alam Malaysia views the death of 10 pygmy elephants at the Gunung Rara Forest Reserve as the worst disaster to have happened in 2013. Nothing is more poignant than the sight of an elephant calf tugging at its dead mother - a heart wrenching sight that is certain to tug at the heartstrings of even the most hard-hearted person.

PRESS STATEMENT                                                                                                         16 JANUARY 2013

The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) and Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) are very glad that the proposed creation of offshore concrete structures for mixed development slated to be developed on the West Coast of Penang Island has been scrapped.