·        " Clinic for Penangites on the Importance of Looking after Rivers"

·        " Adopt a river project"

·        " Water conservation and educational programs"

Nur Adibah Rozali
(121545)

The project by Selangor Public Works Department (JKR) will widen the single-lane road to four-lane dual carriageway.

MNS received a notice that trees will be chopped down from March 19 onwards. The mangroves to be destroyed play a significant role in the ecosystem as it provides habitat to various species of flora and fauna.

Also to be destroyed as part of the project is Sepang’s District Office Administrative Centre which was built in 1892 and today serves as MNS’s Environmental Interpretive Centre.  Environmental Interpretive Centre (EIC) which is dominated by landscape of mangroves and rivers acts as a sanctuary to many species of flora and fauna such as the endangered smooth otter, which has been adopted by the EIC as its logo. EIC was established on 9th April 2009 and trained its focus on the conservation of mangroves and the Sepang rivers

"A world without wetlands is a world without water."- Wetlands International
Nurulhuda binti Suhaime (126190)

First, GEC formed a technical committee called WATER Project Technical Committee to oversee the project progress. They then conducted business community programme (e.g. TOT for Food Operators and training on waste segregation and waste audit) for targeted food courts within Penchala River Basin to prevent food waste pollution. The next step was to train seven local communities living within Penchala River Basin on river management where they will be acting as the "eyes and ears" of the river. Five educational institutions also participated in Training of Trainers (ToT) programme on river management. The project also trained a group of kindergarten teachers on river and waste management. An environmental ToT camp for youth involving 65 youth was held to instill environmental awareness particularly on river. The project is also working closely with Yayasan Chow Kit to outreach and educate youngsters on river care activities. Next, GEC has conducted 8 outreach activities using Mobile River Care Unit and established a River Care Education Centre at upstream of Sungai Penchala at Bukit Kiara. Lastly, they conclude with the establishent of Sungai Penchala Information Centre and Sungai Penchala Open Classroom to engage public on environmental awareness. This entire project was undergoing from 2015  to 2017 and was funded by Spark Foundation.

NG YANG QING 
(131303)

Issues raised by Rakan Segari :

 1. Sand dredging activities occur in Environmental Sensitive area level 1 (KSAS1) where no activities should be done in the area except for low impact eco-tourism and research. When this activities happened, number of turtle landing in the area become lesser. 

2. Create awareness about beach cleanliness at Pantai Teluk Senangin which is a popular spot for recreation activities. They found that some irresponsible visitor left their trash at the beach and polluting the beach. The trash might end up in the ocean and cause harm to aquatic organism. 

3. They also conduct beach clean up to create cleaner beach environment. 

4. Encouraging people to visit the turtle sanctuary there to understand why it is important to care for environment and also saving the turtle.

 5. Create awareness about logging activities occur in Segari forest reserve. 

6. Organising Hari Bumi Segari in April 2017 involving many parties to show issues and problems happening in the area.

Muhamad Fahmi Bin Isa
126157

YEW KER MING 
126210

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) said it was never in favour of the proposed 1,821ha reclamation project near Permatang Damar Laut. They claimed the reclamation project would indeed have negative effect on the environment, and also affect the livelihood of the fishing communities near the project site.  

SAM stressed that the project would indeed have negative effect on the environment and also the fishing communities near the project site. Referring to the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report, it concurred that there would be an impact on the ocean food chain and the fishing industry due to total loss of mudflats. 

Meanwhile, Malaysian Nature Society (MNS) Penang echoed the same sentiment, stressed that there was no need for the reclamation to fund the state government's highly-ambitious multi-billion Penang Transport Master Plan (PTMP). MNS said Penang government should look into cheaper alternatives for the proposed railway system for the PTMP.

Moreover, marine water pollution and ever decreasing fishing zones due to reclamation at the coastal area have caused dwindling fisheries resources and so catches by fishermen have deteriorated to 70 per cent of the fishermen daily income.

Nurul Amira binti Zulkefli
126183

1950s — digging away of tram lines.

1960s — massive sewerage spill into Sungai Juru on the mainland.

1970s — the stoppage of local elections, the boom in electronic factories, and cable car mooted for Penang Hill.
1980s — coastal reclamation, rising number of cars and bikes.

1990s — high-rises and slope developments increase.

2000s — change in state government, blame game starts.

2010s — going green talk as flood and land-related problems rise.

Nurul Ain Binti Mustafa
126181

Franklin Orujekwe
(127235

Example of programme from GEC :
1. River Care Programme
Where they work closely with all stakeholders in solid waste management and water and river management, and believe that everyone has a role to play in the environment and established a River Care Programme (RCP) focusing on promoting community participation in river and water resource protection and sustainable use through the Civic Science approach.

2.Forest & Coastal Programme
 GEC, promote and support sustainable management of forests and wetlands. Our aim is to conserve biodiversity and mitigate climate change through awareness and rehabilitation at local, national and regional levels. The main focus is development and promotion of community-based forest management and rehabilitation activities. GEC also support international cooperation and national actions to reduce deforestation, prevent forest degradation and fires, promote a sustainable livelihood and better income among forest - dependent communities.

3.Peatland Programme
 one of the non-profit organization that is actively involved in peatland conservation and rehabilitation, GEC promotes sustainable management of peatlands and works closely with various stakeholders to promote best management practices in peatland management, peat fire prevention and rehabilitation.

Basically the concept for GEC, they will create environmental awareness program and others NGOs or communities that are interested and joining the program will get funded.

 NURUL HARTINI
126186

A letter has been submitted on March 2015 to the Kelantan Menteri Besar through the Senior Private Secretary to the Chief Minister regarding the pertaining to forest management in Kelantan.

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) has submitted a memorandum titled “Proposed Improvement of Forest Management in Kelantan” to the State Authority during the meeting with the Deputy Chief Minister of Kelantan on November 2016. The main concern in the memorandum were the increasing implementation of monoculture plantation projects and the issues faced by the community as a result of forest harvesting activity especially logging activity for the purpose of developing monoculture plantations.

SAM also submitted several recommendations in writing during the discussion session between the Director General of Forestry, Peninsular Malaysia and environmental NGOs in May 2017. The recommendations including that all State Forestry Departments should stop implementing the monoculture plantation projects and other activities such as mining and quarrying as well in the PRF.

Some recommendations given by SAM to the State Authority were:

1.       The conversion of PRF to monoculture plantations and mining operations has to be stopped.

2.       Comply with the National Physical Plan (RFN) in relation to Environmentally Sensitive Areas (ESA) and the Central Forest Spine (CFS).

3.       Logging in forested area above 1000m is prohibited. These areas are already categorized as ESA Rank 1.

4.       Indigenous customary land rights are respected and taken into account in forestry and land management which includes:

·         Issuance of logging operation licenses, plantation development, mining and taking of natural resources in indigenous peoples’ land has to be stopped.

·         The assurance on the procedure of Free Prior Informed Consent from the indigenous people community is fully applied in all processes during the gazetting of land and forest as well as any proposed land use conversion of PRF in Kelantan.

·         The process of mapping and marking of boundaries should introduced together with the territories of the indigenous people customary land based on the area agreed upon by members of the indigenous people community for the purpose of gazetting these territories and accompanied by the granting of communal grants.

Sadly, SAM has yet to receive any feedback from neither the Kelantan State Government nor the Forestry Department of Peninsular Malaysia despite several actions has been done by them. The implementation of large-scale monoculture plantation projects in the PRF area are still pursuing by the Kelantan State Government. :(

VERNA SEE PIK KIM
126204

Coastal fishermen claimed that their livelihood has been threatened since forty years ago due to the activities and encroachment of trawlers.  In addition to depleting income, major loss is also suffered when the trawlers collide with their fishing nets. At present, about 150 species of marine life are endangered or extinct due to the widespread and uncontrolled usage of trawl nets.

SAM and CAP urged the government to immediately ban the use of trawl nets in order to save the nation’s fisheries resources from impending extinction. SAM and CAP submitted a memorandum to the Prime Minister Dato’ Seri Najib Tun Razak on 18th of December 2014 to express their concern on the continued use of trawl nets as it will not only threaten the livelihood of 80,000 coastal fishermen in the country but also adversely impact the future of the fisheries sector. 
The memorandum was also submitted to Agriculture and Agro-Based Industry Minister Dato’ Ismail Sabri Yaakob, Secretary General of the Ministry and the Director-General of Fisheries Department. 
Department of Fisheries released a statement on the banning of trawl nets effective in 2016. However, that date was pushed forward and the ban has yet to be implemented until today. 

Nur Isandra Shazlynn binti Shamsul Azmil
126178

 

1.      Langur Project Penang (LPP)

2.      United Nation Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

3.      The Malaysian Conservation Alliance for Tigers (MyCAT)

Non- governmental organization contribution on environmental management 

1. Youngster education on biodiversity conservation

(1)     In Malaysia, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) acting the role in public in providing environmental education and awareness, at the same time, their roles are getting increasingly important as social mobility and affluent lifestyles are more prevalent among her citizens.

(2)     NGOs education on biodiversity conservation not only focus on giving education in school but general public as well.

(3)     The broadcast of information to the public about a cause or concern and to instigate, reinforce and entrench attitudinal and behavioural changes can be termed as social marketing and communication.

(4)     2.1. School-based environmental education

2.1.1. Passive education 

At the most passive level, NGOs can create awareness by giving talks during school assemblies or lectures supplemented by exhibition panels, poster displays and the distribution of other relevant reading material.

2.1.2. Interactive education

Workshops, discussions or other in-class sessions would allow for more interaction between the students and NGO representatives.

The students are not taught “what to think” but “how to think”, giving them skills to analyze information, make “sound” judgments and respond with their solutions, ideas or further questions (Monroe, Day & Grieser, 2002).

2.1.3. Hands-on education (experiential)

First-hand experience in the actual ecosystem is always an effective way to encourage empathy and students can become environmental stewards by conducting research to better understand their local environment (Adkins & Rowland, 2001), or work with local scientists to monitor and collect data on specific species in their vicinity (LaBranche, 2001).

2.1.4 Empowerment

With adequate awareness, facilitation and positive experiences in the environment, students can be encouraged to design and implement their own research projects (LaBranche, 2001). When people commit to a course of action that is their own idea (bottom-up), the results are more likely to succeed and continue than when ideas are imposed from the outside in a top-down approach (Grieser, 2002).

Name: Wong Lek Moon
Matric  No.: 126208

2. Park and Centre

         

3. Education

4. Publication