We Want Green Lungs – Sin Chew Jit Poh, Jan 2019

We Want Green Lungs – Sin Chew Jit Poh, Jan 2019

Shah Alam residents are calling for the Shah Alama Community Forest – SACF to be saved from being developed. The community tends to hike here to enjoy the nature which this forest has to offer.

SACF has also initiated an online petition to save this forest and asked help from government to stop developer from destroying the forest. More than 50 volunteers and SACF committee were present in hopes of saving this forest in the Save SACF” campaign today.

One of the interviewers said that they hope the forest will not to be developed. They wished that the flora and fauna of this forest will be conserved. About 6000 people had signed the petition although it had only been 4 days since the petition was launched online.

In the pipeline, the Selangor government has planned to build a road across through this forest to connect the surrounding housing areas. As a result, some parts of the forest risked being destroyed in the name of development.  

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