A FOREST HAS NO VOICE – UNTIL YOU SPEAK FOR IT
Forests Are the Lungs of Our Planet
Forests are a source of life for many living beings—including you and me. Forests produce and support food sources that are essential to our survival.
Yet protection of forests and indigenous communities, who are the stewards of forest protection, are being overlooked and undermined in the name of profit.
This #ForestDay, your support will help us fuel the fight for strong laws and policies to safeguard our life line.
What are we losing?
80%
of the world’s land biodiversity has made forests their home, including many varieties of trees, plants, animals, birds, insects and fungi working together in complex ecosystems.
2.9mil hectares
of humid primary forest were lost in Malaysia between 2002 and 2023.
Source: Global Forest Watch
56%
of all tree cover loss between 2001 to 2023 in Malaysia was in Sarawak (3.27Mha) and Sabah (1.88Mha), followed by Pahang (1.27Mha).
Source: Global Forest Watch
Help us protect our forests!
Peatland and forest destruction are resulting in forest fires, loss of wildlife habitats and ecological damage that affects our health.
When peatlands are cleared and drained to make way for plantations, such as oil palm and other monoculture farming, this carbon-rich peat becomes tinder dry and vulnerable to fires, creating more haze.
In Malaysia and Indonesia, the places where wildfires burn most intensely mostly occur on peatland.
- The Forest Research Institute Malaysia reported that, during a haze episode, two varieties of hybrid rice showed 50% reduction in growth rate.
- Deforestation disrupts natural habitats, leading to closer contact between humans and wildlife. This increases the possible risk of zoonotic diseases, with 60% of emerging infectious diseases originating from animals.
- Forests play a crucial role in maintaining the water cycle. Their removal can lead to reduced water quality, and change rainfall patterns, which increases flooding and droughts, directly impacting human communities and our food security.
- Exposing those who contribute to environmental destruction.
- Conducting science-based research.
- Taking direct action through creative, confrontational, and non-violent means.
- Pressuring governments and industries to recognise their responsibilities and have a more sustainable practice.
- Uniting community strength and advocating for stricter laws, eco-friendly policies and solutions.
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- Greenpeace filed a landmark complaint at SUHAKAM for public inquiry into haze pollution as a human rights violation in 2021.
- On Sept 2024, SUHAKAM recognised that a clean, healthy environment is a basic human right and provided recommendations for a Clean Air Act with transboundary haze mechanisms. We will continue to work towards getting our government to recognise that our our environmental rights be seen as part of our basic human right to life. Our next step is to get a Clean Air Act that tackles transboundary and domestic air pollution, enacted in parliament.
- Greenpeace’s global campaign was instrumental in getting HSBC bank to stop funding companies responsible for forest destruction.
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