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Malaysian police detain 53 activists
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia—Malaysian police detained 53 activists Saturday in a crackdown on a planned opposition-led protest over inflation ahead of national elections expected within weeks.
Opposition groups wanted to hold the rally Saturday outside Kuala Lumpur's landmark Petronas Twin Towers to demand that the government forego a likely fuel price hike and prevent the cost of essential goods from rising.
Authorities said organizers had not applied for the legally required permission to hold a public demonstration. Opposition leaders said their application would probably have been rejected, noting that police had prevented several street demonstrations since November.
Police and a truck with a water cannon stood ready Saturday as more than 100 demonstrators tried to gather near the towers. Some shouted "Reformasi," the Malay word for "reform."
Kuala Lumpur Police Chief Muhammad Sabtu Osman said 1,300 police had been deployed to maintain order, and 40 men and 13 women were arrested for illegal assembly. They were expected to be held at least overnight while police decide whether to charge them.
Other would-be demonstrators lingered in the area for more than an hour before dispersing peacefully.
Opposition groups wanted to hold the rally Saturday outside Kuala Lumpur's landmark Petronas Twin Towers to demand that the government forego a likely fuel price hike and prevent the cost of essential goods from rising.
Authorities said organizers had not applied for the legally required permission to hold a public demonstration. Opposition leaders said their application would probably have been rejected, noting that police had prevented several street demonstrations since November.
Police and a truck with a water cannon stood ready Saturday as more than 100 demonstrators tried to gather near the towers. Some shouted "Reformasi," the Malay word for "reform."
Kuala Lumpur Police Chief Muhammad Sabtu Osman said 1,300 police had been deployed to maintain order, and 40 men and 13 women were arrested for illegal assembly. They were expected to be held at least overnight while police decide whether to charge them.
Other would-be demonstrators lingered in the area for more than an hour before dispersing peacefully.
Agroforestry Venture : An Alternative for Sungei Maong Community
Sungai Maong is situated in Machan, a sub-district of Kanowit, between 50 and 60 kilometers from Sibu. Community agroforestry was first initiated in 1998. The programme involves some 20 families from 4 longhouses in planting tree. Over the last 5 years over 20,000 trees and several hundreds of rattan vines have been planted and grown successfully in their respective farmland. The species include various kinds of local fruits such as durain, dabai (black date), kakus, keranji, sibau, empelan, lengsat, temedak (jack fruit), mak, esau, isu, rangil, several types of timber and legume trees, and a large numbers of rubbers, which could be treated as a cash crop or timber species.
To date there are 8 families continued with tree planting and a total of 6000 were planted in 2002.
Three families were engaged in gardening with the method of the Sloping Agricultural Land Technology (SALT, developed by the Baptist Rural Life Center of the Philippines). However,only one family got the plot fully established amounting to about one acre. The family modified the technology to suit their needs and local conditions. They are planting rice for the 2nd year at the plot. If this technology is successful, the farmer could reduce the need for traditional rotation farming (swidden agriculture) of slash and burn.
To date there are 8 families continued with tree planting and a total of 6000 were planted in 2002.
Three families were engaged in gardening with the method of the Sloping Agricultural Land Technology (SALT, developed by the Baptist Rural Life Center of the Philippines). However,only one family got the plot fully established amounting to about one acre. The family modified the technology to suit their needs and local conditions. They are planting rice for the 2nd year at the plot. If this technology is successful, the farmer could reduce the need for traditional rotation farming (swidden agriculture) of slash and burn.
Illegal logging: New fines for Samling in Guyana
2008-01-21 | Additional fines raise doubts if investors were properly informed on risks related to Samling’s logging operations – Samling shares fall to all-time low
Several logging companies are being collectively fined 275 million Guyana Dollars (1.35 million US Dollars) for breaches of Guyana’s forest regulations, newspapers in the South American state have reported over the weekend. Barama Company Limited, the Malaysian Samling group’s wholly-owned subsidiary, is once again among the companies in breach of Guyana’s forest laws. The exact amount of the fine imposed on Samling has not been revealed.
With two logging concessions over 1.65 million hectares of tropical rainforest, Barama is the largest forest concession holder in Guyana. In October 2007, additional “harvesting rights” claimed by Barama over an additional 230’000 hectares were found to be against the law and suspended with immediate effect. At the time, the Samling subsidiary was fined with a penalty of 96.4 million Guyana Dollars (474’000 US Dollars).
Several logging companies are being collectively fined 275 million Guyana Dollars (1.35 million US Dollars) for breaches of Guyana’s forest regulations, newspapers in the South American state have reported over the weekend. Barama Company Limited, the Malaysian Samling group’s wholly-owned subsidiary, is once again among the companies in breach of Guyana’s forest laws. The exact amount of the fine imposed on Samling has not been revealed.
With two logging concessions over 1.65 million hectares of tropical rainforest, Barama is the largest forest concession holder in Guyana. In October 2007, additional “harvesting rights” claimed by Barama over an additional 230’000 hectares were found to be against the law and suspended with immediate effect. At the time, the Samling subsidiary was fined with a penalty of 96.4 million Guyana Dollars (474’000 US Dollars).
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Doing their part
These Ulu Baram Penan kids are helping out in this traditional way of crushing the rice husk to leave just the rice.
Face of determination
This Penan family and others from Ulu Baram have been struggling against the destruction and death brought about by continuous logging for over a decade now.
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