Our Shah Alam Community Forest (SACF) Society held a Herpetology hike in tandem with Steven Wong from Malaysian Nature Society (MNS) on 21st December 2019, in our very own forest at Section U10, Shah Alam in Selangor. According to Wikipedia, Herpetology (originating from Greek, meaning "reptile" or "creeping animal") is the...
The Shah Alam Community Forest (SACF) Society held an Open Day to create awareness and spread the love for nature to the communities around Selangor and the Greater Klang Valley. More than 300 people came in support of saving the SACF in Section U10 and U13, Shah Alam from...
When you go hiking in a forest, do you often think on how you would survive in it? Learn simple skills and knowledge like navigation, setting up a shelter and foraging to improve yourself. You could even 'show off' your new skills with your hiking buddies or family on...
Our Shah Alam Community Forest trails have be open since June 15th 2020! We urge everyone to comply with the SOP given by our government. Please know that SACF can be closed again by the authorities if they found that hikers are not obeying the SOP. So please do...
Our Shah Alam Community Forest was featured in Malaysia's local Mandarin daily, Sin Chew Jit Poh - Metro on 12th Oct 2019. The article highlighted numerous cars parked illegally spanning approximately 300 meters along the main road near our forest over the weekend. This poses a hazard to road...
ADAMANT to save the precious 161.9ha Shah Alam Forest in Section U10, the Shah Alam Community Forest (SACF) Society is again urging the Selangor government to gazette the forest. The society wants it to be a community-managed forest reserve. It was part of the wider 9,642ha Bukit Cerakah Forest...
The Shah Alam Community Forest Society conducted a survey during the Open Day held on 28th July 2019. The survey intended to gauge the demographics of visitors to the forest, why they visit and what can be done to save our forest. The survey result is very encouraging as...
Our Shah Alam Community Forest was featured in Malaysia's Astro Awani on 16th June 2019. In their program about the community, they featured our committee members - Alicia Teoh, Adli Maharon and Yeow Mei Jyn who were interviewed about our battle in saving our forest and preserving it as...