NGO calls for clampdown on water pollution in Cameron Highlands

REACH says uncontrolled use of toxic agrochemicals are being made worse by the many farms that have mushroomed upstream of the water catchment area in Sungai Terla, a main source of tap water for Cameron Highlands. — TRP pic by Azrol Ali Read more: http://www.therakyatpost.com/news/2014/08/06/ngo-calls-clampdown-water-pollution-cameron-highlands/#ixzz3AHza16rE

Bird Pictures by Dr Amar

Dato’ Dr Amar Singh HSS is a Senior Consultant Paediatrician and Head of the Paediatric Department at Ipoh General Hospital,Perak. An avid birder, Dr Amar and his wife Datin Dr Swee-Im Lim has been coming up to Cameron Highlands regularly for birdwatching. We sought his help when we were collecting pictures of montane birds for […]

The Sound of the Rain

20th-Aprl-2014-A few months ago, a video clip of Parliamentarians  discussing the environmental impact of farming on the tourism industry made the rounds in Cameron Highlands cyberspace. For many locals, it was difficult to watch that even in the august House of Parliament , Cameron Highland’s problems were taken so lightly and discussions, shallow. One of […]

Montane Birds of Cameron Highlands

Montane Birds of Cameron Highlands is the second book published by REACH. As with our first book ” Wild Orchids of Cameron Highlnads” the main objective of these books are to document the flora and fauna of the montane forests. Among the birds listed in the 2014 IUCN Red List of Threatened species ,The Malaysian […]

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 […]

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 […]