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...
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In June 2020, we conducted a biodiversity survey of the Shah Alam Community Forest (SACF) in efforts to save this forest from being destroyed. We called upon the members of the SACF’s Facebook Group to share photos of the animal kingdom (mammals, fish, birds, reptiles, amphibians and insects) which...
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...
About 300 residents, nature-lovers, hikers and the likes came together on 23rd March 2019 to form a human chain as an act of solidarity to save the unprotected Shah Alam Community Forest (SACF) located beside Setia Ecopark in Setia Alam, Selangor. This campaign, organised by local NGO Shah Alam...
The Shah Alam Community Forest was featured in Malay local daily, Sinar Harian on Jan 4th, 2019 regarding our “Save SACF” campaign. Some excerpts from the article are as below. Setiausaha Persatuan Hutan Komuniti Shah Alam (SACF) berkata,
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...