Background of Study Water is defined as one type of liquid that descends from the clouds such as rain, lakes and also sea. Water is the most important nutrient and play a fundamental roles for all living matter. For example, water supply around 50% of the weight for human and even every living matter (Rozin, Haddad, Nemeroff, & Slovic, 2015). There are around 71% of the earth’s surface was covered by water. Besides, there are eight types of distribution of waters on earth which one of it was groundwater
act (1960), and national forestry act 1984. The Environmental Quality Act 1974 has various regulations including regulations on restrictions of soil pollution, restrictions of noise pollution, restrictions imposed on pollution of the atmosphere, restrictions of pollution of inland waters etc. that contributed mitigations of land degradation in Malaysia. Regarding this Act and the many regulations that it contain, 19 land-based developments such as agriculture, forestry, housing and infrastructures
civilization in various forms either in solid or liquid. We have generated tones of waste before we find the better and proper way to dispose the waste. People are expose to all kinds of risks in their daily live such as underground water pollution, methane gas emission, air pollution, exploration of new landfill site and other human health problems due to the increasing of waste generation. Unfortunately, simple expedient solutions are no longer sufficient to solve the disposal problems as society becomes
WATER CRISIS IN SELANGOR ABSTRACT ABSTRACT Water is one of the central issues in the 21st century in Malaysia. Of all the issues associated with water management, governance is considered of primary importance. This paper examines water crisis in Selangor. However, there are many areas that need improvement to achieve better governance in water management. One is to improve Government controlled water departments by ensuring their workers are well-trained and committed to excellence. 1. INTRODUCTION
Nowadays, poor water quality, water shortage and water-related disaster are the three main concerns related to current and future water resources (UNESCO, 2003). The concept of sustainable involves the tolerance between social, environment, economical and the needs. Hence, the concept of sustainable water system implemented for low cost alternative to develop new sources of high quality of water and mitigating environment pollution. Improvement of greywater management are needed for these implementation
However, it still cannot avoid some issues such as the piracy and terrorist issues. Besides that, the increasing of the ships and other maritime related activity will bring the issue of the environmental pollution issue. It will bring the threats of maritime pollution because of the accidental spills, illegal dumping of waste, and so on. As well as, that will influence the health of the human and organism inside the sea. Therefore, to address maritime security concern requires international
initiatives. KUALA LUMPR plans for the river under the river of life program , which is one of the biggest river projectby Malaysian government with aim to improve the quality of Klang river , the project aimsto transform the Klang economic value with the water quality improvement by 2020 ,the greater Klang river plan under the ministry of federal territory and urban wellbeing to clean , work for beauty and develop the river Specific target of the project There is specific target for river of live program
facing environmental hardships regarding the excessive air pollution and smog. Around the world, humanitarians are fighting to eliminate censorship laws in China, and hoping to get rid of the discrimination against children with disabilities. Overall, China is facing some major problems in
When the product is manufactured the machines usually give off carbon dioxide. This is negative because CO2 is the gas that causes global warming, when too much is released into the atmosphere. One negative factor of TNCs is air pollution; one major result of air pollution is smog, which is a smoke fog. Many TNCs have their factories in China, this is a reason why China is one of the most polluted countries in the world. One of Apple’s main suppliers of touchscreens for their iPod and iPhones, in
combined with the science of energy conservation is showcased in the 4,928 square metres Diamond Building, an iconic 8 storey office building. The Diamond Building is the Energy Commission’s social Commitment to the present and future generations of Malaysia. Taking the lead in developing and implementing solutions for environmental sustainability, the Energy Commission embarked on a bold vision to develop its headquarters in line with highest global standards in green initiatives, to showcase the best