Gone are the Trees

- Nadine Laporte, WHRC

As far as I am concerned with increasing bald area on top of my head,
I feel equally sad when I see the balding patches at my hometown.

Where it was green and hill-y one year ago,
big pieces of land are now bright red and flat.

Even after I returned after a few months,
no progress was found.

Even if there are trees planted in developed areas,
they are often small, thin,
and planted far apart.

Do they need to terminate hectares of trees so early prior to their 'project'?
I have seen several areas where the bright red land is left to rot for years,
just in Rawang alone.
It doesn't seem that they really plan whether land clearing is neccessary
or execute construction according to plan.

Without trees,
we are exposed to the burning sun.
With less trees,
we breath in more carbon dioxide and dust.
With less trees,
our environment is getting hotter.

It is a sad case.
The phenomenon of unwise use of land at my home has not change much,
since I start moving here 10 years ago.
I don't think it will really improve,
until we are too late.

Each time I see a bald patch on our land,
it stings me.