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Challenges of implementing and enforcing of environmental law in Malaysia

Challenges of implementing and enforcing of environmental law in Malaysia. Introduction. many problems have an international dimension. This is particularly clear in issues relating to the environment. . Environment Issues In Developing Countries.

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Challenges of implementing and enforcing of environmental law in Malaysia

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  1. Challenges of implementing and enforcing of environmental law in Malaysia

  2. Introduction many problems have an international dimension. This is particularly clear in issues relating to the environment.
  3. Environment Issues In Developing Countries Financial, institutional and political constraints make environmental regulation in these countries more problematic than in industrialized countries
  4. misunderstood concept preserving environment means limitation for developing
  5. Malaysia After the 1970s, Malaysia’s economy diversified from agriculture into manufacturing. The manufacturing sector’s contribution grew from 13.4% of the total GDP in 1970, to 30.3% of the GDP in 2007. Realising that increasing industrialisation causes threats to the environment.
  6. Environmental Cases in Malaysia Palm Oil Bakun Dam For every ton of CPO produced, the mills generate 2.5 tons of effluent -700 km² of land under water equivalent to the size of Singapore. -Relocation of more than 9,000 native
  7. Malaysia Environmental Law 1. Environmental Quality Act 1974 (Act 127) - www.doe.gov.my 2. Fisheries Act 1985 - www.moa.gov.my 3. Land Conservation Act 1960 - www.jkptg.gov.my 4. Local Government Act 1979 - www.jkt.gov.my 5. Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) Act 1994 6. National Forestry Act 1984 - www.forestry.gov.my 7. National Park Act 1980 - www.wildlife.gov.my 8. Plant Quarantine Act 1976 - www.moa.gov.my 9. Pesticides Act 1974 - www.moa.gov.my 10. Protection of Wildlife Act 1972 - www.wildlife.gov.my 10. Protection of Wildlife Act 1972 - www.wildlife.gov.my 11. Radioactive Substance Act 1968 - www.mosti.gov.my 12. Sewerage Services Act 1993 - www.jpp.gov.my 13. Town and Country Planning Act 1976 - www.jpbd.gov.my 14. Water Enactment 1920 (Revised) Act 1979 - www.ktak.gov.my 15. Sarawak Biodiversity Centre Ordinance 1997 16. Sabah Biodiversity Enactment 2000 17. Sarawak Natural Resources and Environment (Amendment) Ordinance 2001 18. Sabah Environment Protection Enactment 2002 19. Sabah Forest Enactment 1968 20. Sarawak Forest Ordinance 1954
  8. Conclusion Significant matters is implementation To prove to governments who performing laws will not restrict their developments.
  9. Recommendation Use of Environmental Education (EE) wide spread and support by the government Collaboration of other government agencies such as Department of Environment (DOE) Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE). The non-governmental organization (NGOs)
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