By Conny Banji
SIBU: Uncontrolled waste disposal from logging ponds along the Rajang River has been identified as one of the main contributors of the high Total Suspended Solids (TSS) in the river.
Speaking to reporters after giving a talk on environmental programme at a hotel here yesterday, the controller (environmental quality) of Natural Resources and Environment Board Sarawak Dr Penguang Manggil said that log ponds were currently not subjected to the Environmental Impact Assessment.
Speaking to reporters after giving a talk on environmental programme at a hotel here yesterday, the controller (environmental quality) of Natural Resources and Environment Board Sarawak Dr Penguang Manggil said that log ponds were currently not subjected to the Environmental Impact Assessment.
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MIRI: Kakitangan Lembaga Sumber Asli dan Alam Sekitar (NREB) Sarawak digesa meningkatkan kesedaran orang awam mengenai peranan dan fungsi mereka dalam melindungi dan menangani isu berkaitan alam sekitar.
Kontroller Kualiti Alam Sekitar NREB, Dr Penguang Manggil berkata, masyarakat perlu mendapat maklumat yang tepat tentang semua aspek NREB untuk mengelak kekeliruan dan salah faham pihak luar.
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Masyarakat perlu diberi maklumat tepat kerana NREB semakin signifikan dan relevan.
MIRI: Kakitangan Lembaga Sumber Asli dan Alam Sekitar (NREB) Sarawak digesa meningkatkan kesedaran orang awam mengenai peranan dan fungsi mereka dalam melindungi dan menangani isu berkaitan alam sekitar.
Kontroller Kualiti Alam Sekitar NREB, Dr Penguang Manggil berkata, masyarakat perlu mendapat maklumat yang tepat tentang semua aspek NREB untuk mengelak kekeliruan dan salah faham pihak luar.
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Let’s go behind and beyond the given reason(s)
SOME time ago, in some tributaries in the upper reaches of the Belaga River in Central Sarawak, hundreds or thousands of dead fish were found floating in the river.
The villagers who had been depending on the fish both for food and income were naturally horrified, and the incident was widely reported in The Borneo Post and other local newspapers.
It was also picked up by several foreign publications which had suggested that the dam construction and logging activities could lie at the root of the problem.
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NREB not to blame for logging: Controller
By Lee Ya Yun
KUCHING: Sarawak Natural Resources and Environment Board (NREB) should not be blamed for unscrupulous logging in the upper part of Sungai Tunoh in Kapit.
KUCHING: Sarawak Natural Resources and Environment Board (NREB) should not be blamed for unscrupulous logging in the upper part of Sungai Tunoh in Kapit.
Its controller Dr Penguang Manggil said this when defending his boss, Datuk Dr James Dawos Mamit, yesterday.
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Unfair to blame NREB for illegal logging: Dawos
By Churchill Edward
KUCHING: Sarawak Natural Resources and Environment Board (NREB) said it should not be held responsible and accountable for projects for which Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) studies are not done.
KUCHING: Sarawak Natural Resources and Environment Board (NREB) said it should not be held responsible and accountable for projects for which Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) studies are not done.
Datuk Dr James Dawos Mamit (left) and Dato Sri Dr James Masing
In a statement issued here yesterday, its advisor to the state government, Datuk Dr James Dawos Mamit, said it is therefore totally unfair to blame the NREB for “unscrupulous logging” in the upper part of Sungai Tunoh in Kapit.
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