TRAGEDY AT THE CAMERON HIGHLANDS.
It was not a natural disaster but a man-made one! as compiled in the blog of a netizen.
The ravaging of Malaysia’s Cameron Highlands- aljazeera
Land is being cleared at an unprecedented rate in Malaysian region famous for its beauty and fertility. Kate Mayberry aljazeera.com Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – High up in Malaysia’s Cameron Highlands, in a forested valley once home to a community of indigenous people, a platoon of heavy trucks and excavators is hard at work pulling down trees […]
Mossy Forest Education Tour and Reforestation on the 4th October 2013
4th October 2013-It came as a bit of a surprise to us when SJKT Boh 2 ( Boh 2 Tamil Primary School) was amongst the 1st few schools to voice interest in joining our Mossy Forest Education Tours ( sponsored by funds from The Embassy of Finland) . This is a school with predominantly Orang Asli children […]
Get involved- Have a say in town planning
by Dr.Cheam May Choo 12th October 2013- Some years back, when I had just joined Reach and environmental work was new to me, we were asked to go through this thick book which was 16 inches by 11.5 inches This book had lots of maps, statistics and graphs and was one and a half inch […]
9/9/2013 – Additional funding from the Embassy of Finland for Cloud Forest Conservation Activities
9th September 2013-Once in a while our environmental efforts get a much needed shot in the arm. Last week REACH signed an agreement with the Embassy of Finland for additional funding for cloud forest conservation activities. This would be the 3rd consecutive year that we are receiving funds from the Finnish embassy. On behalf of […]
2/9/13 – Biodiversity Centre Update
With the store completed at the biodiversity site, we went up to the site one Sunday afternoon to do some clean-up. Some groups were coming up in September and a clean-up was long overdue. We went up at 2pm and started with the store. The world challenge group had painted the exterior walls earlier and […]
13/07/13 – Avoiding Cameron Highlands for now
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Supermoon at the biodiversity centre in Gunung Brinchang.
Sometimes nature sends us strange but beautiful messages. On the 22nd of June 2013 we went up to the biodiversity centre to supervise the fixing of the solar street lights. At first we hesitated to go as the traffic was heavy as it usually is on a weekend. But then we did not want to […]
Cloud Harvesting
Ever since the cloud or fog harvesting idea was first mooted by the president, we were quite skeptical about its efficacy. Today we were proven wrong. It was a fairly sunny day and it had not rained for the past 24 hours. Yet the polyethylene mesh hoisted between 2 metal poles to trap the mist […]
Let There Be Light
12th June 2013- After weeks of gloom for nature lovers in Cameron Highlands with more and more forests coming down, it was rejuvenating to watch the solar lamps lighting up for the 1st time at our biodiversity site in Gunung Brinchang. It is interesting to recall how the funds for the installation of the solar […]