The proposed airport in Tioman island will destroy part of a fringing reef and island hill forest, as well as put a landing strip right in front of two villages.
Text by SL Wong | Photos by David ST Loh
Published: July 27, 2023
珊瑚、红树林和海草共同构成了坚固的天然堡垒，抵御风暴潮和海平面上升等气候变化的影响。 这个生态系统应该共同保护。 本文于 2023 年 6 月首次以英文发表，是我们的 #SeaWorld 系列的一部分。
第1部分: 大自然的堡垒——抵御风暴的关键
第2部分: 紧急寻找马来西亚的超级珊瑚
Les coraux, les mangroves et les herbiers marins forment ensemble un solide rempart naturel pour résister aux impacts du changement climatique tels que les ondes de tempête et l’élévation du niveau de la mer. Cet écosystème doit être protégé ensemble. Cet article a été publié pour la première fois en anglais en juin 2023 et fait partie de notre série #SeaWorld.
Partie 1: Les Forteresses Naturelles, la clé pour Affronter les Tempêtes
Karang, bakau dan rumput laut, bersama-sama, membentuk benteng semula jadi yang kukuh untuk mengharungi impak perubahan iklim seperti pusuan ribut dan kenaikan paras laut. Ekosistem ini sewajarnya dilindungi bersama. Artikel ini pertama sekali diterbitkan dalam bahasa Inggeris pada Jun 2023 dan adalah sebahagian daripada siri #SeaWorld kami.
Beneath the paradisical island veneer of Pulau Lang Tengah, Terengganu, is an amazing scientific race against warming seas to save Malaysian corals from extinction.
Text by: SL Wong | Images by SL Wong, and Coralku & collaborators
Edited by: Yao Hua Law
Published: 8 June 2023
ON 19 NOVEMBER, Malaysians will vote for our next federal government – and state governments too, for some.
From declaring a climate emergency to stopping deforestation, different groups are demanding that political candidates and parties include environmental and climate commitments in their GE15 manifestos. Here’s an evolving list of the demands compiled by Macaranga.
To help you evaluate, we also include evaluations by groups and a list of the specifical environmental / climate promises in the manifestos of the main political coalitions in Peninsular Malaysa, Sarawak and Sabah. There are links to some commentary/analysis as well.
You can do more than just read. You can make your demands to the candidates, and you can monitor candidates’ positions on environmental issues.
At the bottom of this page, use the templates of letters to send to candidates. Also check out #UndiIklim, an attempt still underway to rank candidates in terms of climate and environmental issues and policies.
(Feature photo: SL Wong)
TANAH AIR, gelaran bumi pertiwi dalam Bahasa Melayu, terdiri daripada perkataan ‘tanah’ dan ‘air’, masing-masing melambangkan tempat asal dan sumber. Tanah dan air menyumbang kepada kesinambungan manusia.
Di tanah air pula, kita saling bertaut dengan pelbagai cara: sebagai negara dan warganegara, melalui wadah nyata dan bayangan, dan di himpunan kolektif serta perkongsian dari individu ke individu.
Namun, hakikatnya kekal bahawa tanah dan air ditadbir oleh pihak berkuasa negara. Di kala bencana, ribut badai dan perubahan, adakah sistem tadbir urus kita cukup teguh?
Setiap keputusan yang diambil mengedepankan kepentingan siapa? Apa ciri yang berfungsi, dan apa pula yang menggagalkan?
Di 3 kisah yang dikongsi, Projek Khas ini meneliti bagaimana sistem tadbir urus di Malaysia meninggalkan impak ke atas manusia dan alam sekitar, selain isu dan tindakan yang berkenaan. Semua kisah berakhir dengan pertanyaan: adakah penyelesaian yang digunapakai berkesan?
Pig farmers must install expensive wastewater treatment systems to curb environmental pollution. Add this to rising costs and diseases, and alarm bells ring about pork prices and supply. Part 2 of 2.
THERE ARE many ways an interview about pigs can begin. Wong Soon Ping of Kampung Selamat, Penang showed off a whole roast duck on a baking tray. Half of it was coated in truffle powder. “I’m trying a new recipe!”
It turns out roast ducks are a new product for Soon Ping, a third-generation pig farmer who had sold his pig farm in November 2021 and now processes and distributes pork. His village is one of the two pig farming areas in the state, notorious for decades-long river pollution.
(Photo: Farms that cannot afford to modernise operations call it a day | Pic by Lee Kwai Han)
Notorious for its river polluting pig farms, Penang is mandating its farms modernise or shut down. But pig farms might not be the only, or main polluters along the whole river. Will this mandate bring relief to the ecosystem and impacted communities? Part 1 of 2.
A STENCH drifts up the 5 metres from the river to the bridge where we are standing. A sour, nasty smell, it lingers even after we leave the site. A local says the smelly river water comes from Kampung Valdor.
Their wastewater has been tarred for impacting everything from paddy fields and fisheries to high-end residential areas. But change is in the air as pig farming legislation and regulations kick in, though it is unclear if they will actually solve river pollution.
(Photo: The polluted waterway from Kampung Selamat (right) flows into Sungai Kereh; note the healthy riverine vegetation, a sign of possible excessive nutrients | Pic by SL Wong)
