RAKAN ALAM SEKITAR (RAS)
Kementerian
Sumber Asli dan Alam Sekitar telah mengambil inisiatif merangka satu program
baru iaitu Rakan Alam Sekitar yang dibentuk bagi meningkatkan kesedaran dan
menggerakkan anggota masyarakat di setiap kawasan Parlimen dalam aktiviti
pemeliharaan dan pemuliharaan alam sekitar serta membantu membanteras
kegiatan-kegiatan yang merosakkan dan mencemarkan alam sekitar.
Pogram
RAS adalah berbentuk ‘community based’ dan
‘hands-on’; melibatkan penduduk
setempat termasuklah generasi muda dan dewasa, NGOs serta juga pihak-pihak
industri atau swasta tempatan. Ianya merupakan satu program out-reach yang dijalankan mengikut
kawasan Parlimen. Rakan Alam Sekitar adalah saluran yang tepat untuk
meningkatkan keberkesanan aduan kerana dengan penglibatan masyarakat tindakan
yang segera dapat diambil sewajarnya oleh agensi kerajaan yang berkenaan.
Majlis
Pelancaran Rakan Alam Sekitar peringkat Kebangsaan telah diadakan dengan
jayanya pada 4 Jun 2009 bersempena dengan World Environment Day 2009 yang telah
disempurnakan oleh Y.A.B Timbalan Perdana Menteri bertempat di Dewan Jubli
Intan Sultan Ibrahim, Muar, Johor.
Aktiviti-aktiviti Rakan Alam Sekitar
meliputi pelaporan kes-kes pencemaran dan kerosakan alam sekitar kepada
agensi-agensi kerajaan yang bertanggungjawab untuk tindakan, program mencegah
dan mengawal pencemaran, memperindahkan kualiti alam sekitar (the enhancement of environment) dan
kempen pendidikan dan kesedaran alam sekitar.
Antara program/ aktiviti Rakan Alam
Sekitar yang telah dijalankan ialah aktiviti pemantauan pencemaran, pembersihan
pantai, kitar semula buangan, pengkomposan, penanaman pokok, pemulihan air
tasik dan tanah gambut, River Ranger dan
sebagainya.
Gambar 1.0: Program RAS Parlimen Sungai Besat,
Selangor
Gambar 1.1: Ahli RAS bersama-sama bergotong-rpyong
membersihkan kawasan persisiran pantai
Gambar 1.2: Penanaman pokok bakau di Telok Gong,
Pelabuhan Klang.
SAHABAT ALAM MALAYSIA (SAM)
Sahabat Alam Malaysia
(SAM) adalah sebuah badan bukan kerajaan (NGO) yang telah ditubuhkan pada tahun
1977. Perjuangan SAM adalah untuk memelihara alam yang dianugerah dan diamanahkan
oleh Tuhan daripada dieksploitasi dan dimusnahkan oleh kegiatan manusia dalam
pelbagai bentuk atas nama pembangunan dan kemajuan. Dalam mengembangkan wadah
perjuangan alam sekitar ini, SAM telah diberi penghargaan dengan penganugerahan
Global 500, Honour Roll 1978, Alternative
Global Price 1988, Goldman Award 1991, Gonde Nast Travel Enviromental Award
1998 dan The Right Liverhood Award.
Namun, dengan tidak merasa besar diri
dengan anugerah ini, keutamaan SAM kini dan selamanya hanya satu iaitu meneruskan
perjuangan dalam membina kesedaran kritikal masyarakat dan kerajaan di semua
peringkat terhadap tanggungjawab dalam mengawal kegiatan manusia terhadap alam
dengan mengembalikan kewarasan kita dalam menguruskan sumber alam demi
keharmonian hidup dan untuk generasi masa depan.
Program Kesedaran Alam Sekitar anjuran
bersama Jabatan Pengairan dan Saliran (JPS) dan Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM)
telah diadakan pada 18.02.2011 bertempat di Tg. Uda River Resort, Kg. Setiawan,
Daerah Manjung, Perak Darul Ridzuan. Program tersebut disertai oleh 50 orang
peserta yang terdiri dari pelajar Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) Seri
Iskandar dan Universiti Perguruan Sultan Idris Shah (UPSI), Tg. Malim. Program
ini dikelokakan oleh JPS Daerah Manjung dan Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) dengan
pengisian ceramah yang berkaitan dengan kesedaran tentang pentingnya
pemeliharaan sungai. Para peserta juga diberi penerangan tentang kaedah
pemantauan kualiti air sungai secara biologi dan juga secara kimia.
Sumber:http://jpsperak.gov.my/web/page/Default.aspx?Page=Kesedaran
Alam Sekitar
FEDERATION
OF MALAYSIAN CONSUMERS ASSOCIATIONS (FOMCA)
FOMCA
adalah sebuah pertubuhan sukarela, tidak mementingkan keuntungan, bukan
politik dan pertubuhan sivik. Ia menjadi payung bagi persatuan pengguna
gabungannya. FOMCA bekerja rapat dengan kerajaan dan badan bukan kerajaan di
peringkat kebangsaan dan antarabangsa dalam memberikan maklumat, pendidikan
dan perlindungan pengguna.
Keutamaannya bukan sahaja nilai untuk wang tetapi juga nilai untuk manusia.
FOMCA berusaha untuk mempertingkatkan melalui kuasa beli pengguna,
pembangunan berasaskan keperluan yang memastikan keadilan sosio-ekonomi dan
alam sekitar bagi mendapatkan kualiti hidup yang lebih baik untuk semua rakyat.
Objektif
FOMCA
FOMCA
ditubuhkan dengan tujuan untuk mencapai objektif-objektif berikut:
Falsafah
FOMCA
FOMCA
bukan hanya sebuah pertubuhan pengguna, tetapi juga sebuah pertubuhan
pembangunan. FOMCA inginkan mewujudkan keadaan-keadaan seperti berikut:
Peranan
FOMCA
Demi
mencapai falsafah-falsafah di atas, FOMCA mengamalkan empat pendekatan
penting iaitu:
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Kempen Konsumer Kebangsaan (3K)
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Banyak cabaran berbentuk
struktur yang berlaku di peringkat dunia yang memberikan kesan negatif kepada
pengguna di Malaysia. Sebelum ini, isu global adalah berbentuk putaran, namun
kini isu pengguna lebih berbentuk struktural, yang akan sentiasa wujud. Oleh
itu, pengguna perlu melakukan perubahan gaya hidup bagi membolehkan mereka
menyesuaikan diri dengan cabaran-cabaran baru ini. Berikut adalah beberapa
cabaran baru dunia, iaitu:
Ringkasnya, masa bagi harga minyak
yang rendah dan makanan yang murah telah berlalu.
Harga beras telah meningkat
sebanyak 141%, manakala gandum pula 120% semenjak beberapa tahun ini.
Terdapat 37 buah negara yang sedang menghadapi masalah kekurangan
makanan. Selain itu, lebih daripada 100 juta orang di seluruh dunia yang
berada pada paras kemiskininan jika harga makanan terus meningkat.
Pertubuhan Bangsa-bangsa Bersatu juga telah menyatakan dengan jelas bahawa
pengeluaran makanan hendaklah meningkat sebanyak 50% bagi memenuhi peningkatan
kepada permintaan bahan makanan.
Bagi pengguna di Malaysia pula,
kesan peningkatan ini bermaksud:
Perlunya perubahan minda di
kalangan pengguna di Malaysia.
Masyarakat pengguna di Malaysia perlu memberikan reaksi yang berbeza terhadap
cabaran-cabaran ini berbanding pada masa lalu. Mereka perlu melihat semula
gaya hidup mereka dan bersedia untuk melakukan perubahan yang besar kepada
gaya hidup mereka mengikui kesesuaian keadaan yang berlaku pada masa ini.
Bagi menghadapi cabaran baru ini,
salah daripada kekangan besar ialah minda rakyat Malaysia. Lantaran rakyat
Malaysia telah terbiasa dengan kehidupan yang selesa, yang disebabkan jumlah
subsidi yang besar diberikan oleh kerajaan, maka mereka terus beranggapan
bahawa ini merupakan hak mereka. Oleh itu mereka terus berharap, malah
mendesak agar kerajaan campur tangan bagi memastikan harga barang berada pada
paras rendah.
Pengguna di malaysia perlu
mengambil tanggungjawab dalam menghadapi cabaran ini. Mereka perlu mengubah
gaya hidup berdasarkan harga pasaran sebenar. Sekiranya harga sebenar minyak
adalah RM3.00 seliter, maka pengguna perlu membuat keputusan, apakah jenis
kereta yang ingin mereka beli, ke mana mereka ingin pergi, berapa kerap
mereka ingin pergi. gunakan pengangkutan awam dan beberapa keputusan lain
yang berasaskan kepada harga sebenar. Pembuatan keputusan yang berdasarkan
kepada subsidi adalah tidak mampan pada jangka panjang.
Begitu juga dengan makanan.
Apabila harga makanan di pasaran antarabangsa meningkat, walaupun apa juga
alasannya, pengguna tidak boleh menjangka kerajaan akan menyerap kenaikan
harga tersebut dan mengekalkan harganya pada paras yang rendah. Ini juga
tidak bersifat realistik. Pengguna perlu membuat perubahan terhadap gaya
hidup mereka yang mencerminkan situasi semasa.
Kerajaan sudah semesti turut
mempunyai tanggungjawab untuk membantu golongan yang berhadapan dengan
kesulitan hidup, melalui sistem keselamatan sosial yang menyeluruh. Bagi
kebanyakan pengguna, peningkatan harga barang bermakna mereka perlu
memikirkan semula gaya hidup dan keutamaan hidup mereka.
Sumber:http://fomca.org.my/v2/index.php/program-fomca/kempen-konsumer
kebangsaan-3k |
ABOUT WWF-MALAYSIA
WWF-Malaysia is a national
conservation trust affiliated to the WWF global network.
Working to promote harmony
between human beings and nature for four decades, the organisation to date runs
more than 90 projects covering a diverse range of environmental protection and
nature conservation work in Malaysia.
WWF-Malaysia has come a long way since its coming into being on the 13th of January
1972. In the early days we had solely focused on wildlife conservation such as
saving endangered species like the tigers and turtles, today our work has
extended to encompass marine and forest conservation as well; from to
protecting our highlands and forests, and also our rivers and seas.
We now also undertake scientific field research, public awareness campaigns,
business and industry engagement, environmental education as well as policy
advocacy. WWF-Malaysia works hand in hand with local communities to improve
their livelihoods while enabling their participation in conservation as well as
training and supporting other environmental protection organisations in
Malaysia.
We are privileged to have more than 70,000 supporters who interact with us on Facebook;
about 52,000 individual supporters who fund 34 critical projects; and even more
financial backing from the corporations.
With your continued support, we stand the best chance of saving our
biodiversity as well as achieving the sustainable management of our natural
resources, to safeguard our good quality of life, and that of our children and
future generations. WWF-Malaysia thanks you for your valuable support.
WHAT
DOES WWF STAND FOR?
WWF stands for World Wide Fund For Nature. It was
formerly known as the World Wildlife Fund but adopted its current name to show
that it also works on other environmental issues, and not just wildlife.
Who
We Are
Established as a national
conservation trust on 13 January 1972, WWF-Malaysia began as a humble two person-organisation.
Today, we have close to 200 people working for us – from Kedah to Sabah. Also
known as Tabung Alam Malaysia, we are governed by a Board of Trustees.
" In the face of massive, unprecedented threats to the natural world
– especially climate change and unsustainable resource management – WWF will
focus on truly global conservation priorities which can achieve real and
lasting change. "
- James P Leape, Director
General, WWF International
WHAT
IS WWF?
WWF is
one of the world's largest conservation organizations.
It was conceived on the 29th April 1961.
Its first office opened in September 1961 in the Swiss town of Morges.
The central secretariat for the network - called WWF International - is now
located in Gland, Switzerland (organizational structure)
WWF is an independent foundation registered under Swiss law.
The organization has offices in more than 80 countries around the world.
It employs around 2,500 full time staff ...and values the support of more than
5 million people.
Over the 50 years since it was founded, WWF invested almost US$10 billion in
more than 13,000 projects.
What
We Do
WWF-Malaysia’s early work
focused on scientific research of wildlife and important natural habitats. This
later expanded to the management of protected areas. Today, our work covers the
broader issues of the natural environment, incorporating such aspects as policy
work, environmental education, public awareness and campaigns.
Read more about the work we do at WWF-Malaysia as
well as how we are involved in other WWF Global Initiatives.
FIND OUT MORE
ABOUT OUR CONSERVATION WORK:-
Where
We Work
WWF-Malaysia is
headquartered in Petaling Jaya, Selangor in Peninsular Malaysia, with programme
offices in East Malaysia in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah and Kuching, Sarawak.
WWF-Malaysia also has a number of site offices in various parts of the country
at locations where our conservation projects are carried out.
Sumber: http://www.wwf.org.my/about_wwf/
COMSUMERS
ASSOCIATION OF PENANG (CAP)
The Consumers Association of Penang, based in Malaysia
was founded in 1970. Its activities are conducted from its office in Penang which
is run by a staff of dedicated people, who are engaged in education, community
organizing and mobilization, research and advocacy, litigation and
publications. Its primary aim is to ensure a sustainable model of development
that meets the basic needs of the poor and is also socially just and
sustainable.
Unlike consumer organizations in the western world that advice consumers on the
value for their money, CAP stresses ‘value for people’.
CAP is indeed a unique organization that focuses on sustainable and ethical
consumption and challenges current aggressive advertising industry that is
unfettered and shapes peoples consumption to lifestyles and behavior that is
unsustainable, unethical and inequitable.
In emerging economies like Malaysia, CAP challenges the unsustainable model of
production and wasteful consumption patterns. It has a wide array of popular
publications that teach the wider public to be ethical and rational
consumers. Using health as a major entry point, CAP educates consumers to
change their habits to simpler and more meaningful lifestyles, while at the
same time advocating for appropriate policies and laws to be in place.
Through the years, CAPs work has lead to the exposing unethical business
behavior in sectors like chemical products, food, pharmaceuticals and health
etc. CAP’s advocacy has led to some improvements in the laws to regulate these
practices.
In the past 2 years, CAP has also intensified its work in training NGOs in the
region such as from China, Myanmar, Vietnam and Laos, which are not exposed to
unethical business practices of companies, the changing of consumption patterns
and the advancing of unsustainable production systems etc. In the newly
emerging markets, it is important that advocacy and education efforts are
undertaken to prevent the repeat of the unsustainable models of the North from
being replicated. Many of those who have come for our training have begun to
translate our publications to their own languages and are interested in
undertaking activities similar to that of CAP for a more sustainable and
equitable society.
Consequently, CAP has a strong program on education, which also reaches the
schools and starts from the young to be good and responsible consumers and
citizens.
Objectives
1.
To educate consumers, balance consumer needs and degree of
protection and to provide relevant consumer rights and entitlements.
2.
To advice individual consumers and protect their rights.
3.
To ensure prices of goods are fair and appropriate with
relevance to its quality and value.
4.
To work with the existing laws in order to protect consumer’s
interest and general health.
5.
To encourage the involvement of society and citizens (consumers)
in the consideration, standardization and basic provision of their rights.
6.
To work towards ensuring production of high quality products.
7.
To study the fluctuations in the market with regards to the
factors affecting it, and to advice or make suggestions to the ministry and
organizations involved in the business and commercial sectors.
8.
To carry out activities such as the publication of bulletins and
ceiling price lists, as well as forming market organizations and consumer
clubs.
Vision & Mission
Vision
Giving a voice
to the little people - that is the objective of the Consumers’ Association of
Penang. And that’s what we have been doing since our establishment in
1970.
CAP
is a consumer organization with a difference. Fighting for fair prices and good
quality products and services is just one of our many activities. Our main
concern is ensuring the right of every consumer to basic needs such as food,
housing, health care, sanitation facilities, public transport, education and a
clean environment. We want to encourage within the people - especially the poor
whose needs often go unnoticed - the spirit and the confidence to represent
their case to government, to the public and to the private companies that
oppress them.
Through research, educational and representational activities, we hope to
influence people at all levels: so that policy makers in government look at how
their development policies affect ordinary people, and give priority to basic
needs; so that ordinary people think more critically and have the strength to
resist trends and practices (e.g.: smoking, gambling) that can only make their
lives more deprived.
Mission
To
promote and strive for a more ecologically sound and socially just society.
Activities of CAP
CAP is a grassroots non-profit, non-governmental
organization registered as a society with the Registrar of Societies, Malaysia
since 1970. Through the years, the scope of CAP's concerns has expanded from matters
of daily living such as product price and quality to more complex problems of
meeting basic human needs, saving the environment from further deterioration,
safeguarding human health, advocating for food security and sustainable
livelihoods.
CAP has also been actively engaging in human development activities through
education, training, capacity building, community based programmes, women’s
empowerment, and in advocating a form of development, lifestyle and culture
which is ecologically sustainable. As a defender of consumer rights and
interests, CAP organizes community awareness campaigns on a broad spectrum of
consumer, health, social, economy and environment issues that involves
research, education, capacity building, organizing and media work.
In carrying out its activities, CAP reaches out to a wide range of people in
the Malaysian society including rural communities such as farmers, fishermen,
plantation workers, squatters, urban consumers, teachers, school children,
university students, women youth and religious bodies. CAP publishes an
extensive range of educational materials such as the popular bimonthly consumer
newspaper "Utusan Konsumer", pamphlets used in life-skill training
courses and books in four languages. Though based in Penang, CAP’s outreach
activities cover the whole of Malaysia.
To carry out the various activities, CAP has the
following sections:
Research Section
Has various subsections, each focussing on specific
issues such as health and nutrition, food and product safety, pharmaceuticals,
basic needs, environmental problems, market malpractices, finance, workers’
rights, unethical advertising practices, culture and lifestyle, and issues
related to women.
Studies and surveys on these issues are carried out and
sometimes, tests are conducted to check the safety and quality of foodstuff and
consumer products.
Community And Rural Section
Works with communities such as plantation workers,
fishermen, farmers, rubber smallholders, tenants and squatters, etc and helps
them articulate problems related to their livelihood and living conditions
Also provides them with basic consumer education on
issues such as food, nutrition and health. This is done through talks,
discussions, house-to-house counselling, slide shows and exhibitions.
Education Section
Provides consumer education for many groups, including
school and college students, teachers, women and youth groups, and religious
organisations. Organises seminars, workshops, exhibitions and drama
competitions on consumer issues.
Attention is particularly given to school students as
they are the future parents and policy makers. The section has helped to set up
consumer clubs in more than 200 schools in Penang and other states.
Through its consumer education programmes, CAP hopes that
a new generation of conscious, concerned and committed citizens will
emerge.
Complaints Section
Handles complaints from the public on all kinds of issues
(eg: poor quality products and services, food adulteration, tenancy problems).
About 3,000-4,000 complaints are received annually through the mail, by phone
and personal visits from irate consumers.
Legal Section
Handles public interest cases and represents communities
in need of legal assistance.
Works closely with the Complaints Section to provide
legal advice to consumers and to monitor laws that affect consumers.
Publications Section
Produces CAP’s news magazine, Utusan Konsumer. The Utusan
has four editions — English, Malay, Chinese and Tamil. All editions are
published bimonthly.
Produces a bimonthly magazine for primary schoolchildren,
called Pengguna Kanak-Kanak.
Works closely with the other sections to produce books,
reports and pamphlets on various consumer issues. Also produces educational
kits and posters for distribution to the public and for use during CAP’s
education programmes.
Media Section
Produces and maintains audio visual materials (videos,
cassettes and slides) for use during CAP’s education programmes.
Coordinates CAP’s major campaigns (eg: the anti-smoking
campaign and the anti-alcohol campaign).
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