Sahabat Alam Malaysia - Friends of the Earth

Sahabat Alam Malaysia – Friends’ of the Earth Malaysia (SAM), is an independent non-profit national organisation established in 1977 in Malaysia under its Societies Act 1966. SAM operates from two offices; in Penang in Peninsular Malaysia and in Marudi, in the state of Sarawak, Borneo. SAM has been a member of Friends of the Earth International (FoEI) since 1983. The Penang office, the organisation’s headquarters, is focused on issues in Peninsular Malaysia, while the Marudi office is responsible for issues and activities in Sarawak.

Our objective is to ensure that our development choices and management of natural resources are sustainable and ecologically sound, guided by the principles of environmental justice. We believe that the protection of our natural resources can only be effectively attained when there is equity in society, where the rights of indigenous peoples, farmers, fisherfolk and local communities to natural resources are respected and gender justice prevails.