09/11/2011 01:35
IN a nutshell, the Forest Steward-ship Council (FSC) serves as a stamp of approval – only logging companies that are found to meet its set of forest management stan-dards are endorsed to use its logo.
Its birth lay in the wake of the 1992 Earth Summit, where there was a...
09/11/2011 00:53
Biodegradable food containers are touted as a solution to our throwaway society but it appears that the answer is not that simple.
CONVENTIONAL plastics have been accused of a slew of crimes. They are said to deplete non-renewable resources such as oil and when disposed off, degrade...
09/11/2011 00:49
THE FIRST tropical rainforest in the world to be certified under the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) standards for sustainable forest management is in Sabah, Malaysia. Back in 1997, the certification of Deramakot Forest Reserve was progressive; moves to create Malaysia’s own national...
09/11/2011 00:44
GEORGE TOWN (Oct 18, 2011): Electrical and electronic waste experts from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) are currently working out a suitable E-waste collection system for the public in Penang.
Among the methods being considered by the experts, commissioned...
25/09/2011 01:41
By going vertical, wind farms may just get a new life.
Putting windmills upright and spacing them more tightly together can generate more electricity on less land, and kill fewer birds or bats than traditional horizontal rotating wind turbines, according to new engineering...
25/09/2011 01:19
A record-setting 36.4 billion tons of carbon dioxide were added to the atmosphere in 2010. That's a 45 percent increase in the global annual release of carbon dioxide by humans since 1990, reports the European Commission's Joint Research Centre and PBL Netherlands Environmental...
25/09/2011 00:51
KUCHING: Forestry is being driven towards major technological change to accommodate the need to increase forest productivity in meeting global rising demands for forest products.
Sarawak Forestry CEO and managing director Datuk Len Talif Saleh said according to the FAO World Bank...
25/09/2011 00:43
IF you intend to buy an air-conditioner, you can save RM100 by opting for a five-star rated model that is endorsed by the Energy Commission. If you are in the market for a refrigerator, you can save RM200 by choosing a five-star rated one.
As usual, conditions apply. The air-conditioner cannot...
05/09/2011 03:28
Out at sea, there's no shortage of wind and sun, so why not have ships put them to good use?
As part of their Aquarius System, Japanese company Eco Marine Power has begun developing rigid wind and solar sail panels for large ships, such as shipping vessels. Currently in...
05/09/2011 03:23
Old landfills have found new uses as development sites but not everyone agrees to that.
THE old Kelana Jaya garbage dump in Selangor will soon cease to exist. The last tract of the landfill, the dumping ground for trash thrown out by folks in Petaling Jaya, Subang Jaya and Shah Alam...
