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WATER quality in Telok Gong, Selangor has shown improvement following the implementation of the Water Quality Conservation Programme in Dec 2024.
PHNOM PENH: Conservationists on Monday (March 17) embarked on a four-day 120-km relay swim down the Mekong River to raise awareness about the protection of the critically endangered Irrawaddy dolphins in Cambodia, said a joint press release.
JOHOR BARU: There has been a slight improvement in Malaysia's river pollution levels, with the number of polluted rivers dropping from 29 to 25 last year.
KUALA LUMPUR: The environmental impact assessment (EIA) report for proposed bauxite mining project in Bukit Goh, Kuantan has not been approved, the Dewan Rakyat was told.
IPOH: Water samples taken from Sungai Bidor have been found to be clean, says A. Sivanesan.
KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 29 or four per cent of the 672 rivers were found to be polluted last year, said Deputy Natural Resources, Environment and Climate Change Minister Datuk Seri Huang Tiong Sii.
ONCE infamous for having some of the most polluted waterways in the country, Penang continues to enforce stringent measures to restore its rivers.
The Mekong River Commission (MRC) and the German development agency GIZ have signed an agreement to implement the second phase of the Transboundary Water Cooperation Programme in the Lower Mekong Basin.
NGO works with DID, MPK and local community to conserve Sungai Klang
ISKANDAR PUTERI: Johor Department of Environment (DOE) has received some 140 complaints on river pollution in the first 10 months of the year.
KUALA LUMPUR: Berjaya Sompo Insurance Bhd (Berjaya Sompo), together with Global Environment Centre (GEC), in partnership with the Department of Irrigation andDrainage (DID) Gombak, Department of Orang Asli Development (JAKOA) Gombak and Petaling District, Jungle School Gombak Malaysia and Friends of Sungai Gombak Batu 12 at Kampung Batu 12, Gombak has embarked on a river slope mitigation through tree planting to protect water resources at the Klang River Basin initiative.
Water conservation programme in its 12th year continues to get green message across to students.
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/Asia News Network): The Mekong River Commission (MRC) has sounded the alarm on the growing challenge of pollution due to macroplastics and microplastics and urged its four member countries to create a joint mechanism to monitor and clean up pollutants that affect the ecosystem and human health.
KUALA LUMPUR: The National Disaster Management Agency (Nadma) is responsible for ensuring all agencies involved in disaster management are prepared to face potential disasters during the monsoon season, says Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.
To better deal with floods, a forecast system to issue early flood warnings is also being developed to cover all states in Malaysia.
THE presence of restaurants, campsites or other commercial setups along riverbanks may raise eyebrows, but such activities are not necessarily illegal, according to Selangor Water Management Authority (LUAS).
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ENVIRONMENTAL groups in Johor are calling on the state government to be more proactive in engaging with them on environmental matters.
