By Andrew Sia Would you like to see real-life tapirs, gibbons, hornbills and slow loris in Malaysia? Normally, these are associated with rather expensive, multi-day tours to Taman Negara, Pahang or the wilds of Sabah and Sarawak. What if they and more can all be found in a small...
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The Shah Alam Community Forest (SACF) is an urban treasure under threat. The latest development plan from the Shah Alam City Council (MBSA) will destroy this forest plus endanger the precious wildlife here, including the Malayan Tapir. Yes, we have tapirs here! Our SACF is a rare natural recreational...
The Shah Alam Community Forest society (SACFS) is alarmed at the destruction inside the Bukit Cherakah Forest Reserve (refer Figures 1 & 2). We refer to the statement given yesterday (24 September 2021) by Selangor executive council member, YB Hee Loy Sian. He claims that the area was de-gazetted...
In Aug – Sept 2020, MBSA carried out a public feedback exercise for their 2035 local plan draft. In this draft was a proposal to build a road across an existing forested land, also known to the local community as Shah Alam Community Forest (SACF). This natural lowland dipterocarp...
In May 1909, Bukit Cherakah Forest Reserve was constituted in the Selangor Government Gazette comprising 23,826 acres. As of 1st October 2020, following a total of 4 extensions and 21 excisions, the reserve had a net area of 6,482 acres remaining (refer to green area in attached map). It...
As part of our Community Awareness campaign, SACF Society recently organised a Nature Guides Workshop. We engaged herpetologist Steven Wong to conduct this workshop which consisted of a theory and practical session. This workshop aims to train and empower community members to be forest nature guides. The theory session...
Our much loved Shah Alam Community Forest was highlighted by Andrew Sia in Malaysia’s independant English news portal, Malaysiakini on 20th Sept 2020. Excerpt as below: COMMENT | Okay, imagine that your city has only one beautiful nature reserve, with hills and forests, where people can go hiking to...
Our Shah Alam Community Forest (SACF) Society committee members – Alicia Teoh and Teckwyn Lim represented us in an interview on Malaysia’s Business Radio, BFM Radio 89.9 on Sep 14, 2020. The Shah Alam City Council recently released its latest draft local plan draft (Draf Rancangan Tempatan 2035) for...
Our Shah Alam Community Forest (SACF) was featured in Malaysia’s local Mandarin daily, Sin Chew Jit Poh on 26th August 2020. The article highlighted that our SACF has been threatened by a development of a road which will cut through the forest. Once the developers start construction on the...