RIVER OF LIFE

Malaysia currently undergoes significant transformation of reservation of water sources by river cleaning, beautification before year 2020. It is put Listed under Greater KL project to increase high economic value.

Greater KL project include transformation of sewerage treatment line and facility, to enhance operation and services.

NOT many would believe that there is an impending water shortage in Malaysia, especially if they are Kuala Lumpur folks who are often caught in traffic jams caused by downpours. But if climate change alters the favorable rainfall pattern, we will have to come to terms with water rationing or other drastic water conservation measures. - according to THESTAR

Rivers have long been recognized as one of humanity’s most important natural resources. They are one of the most important of all the natural resources necessary to ensure human health and civilization. A close association between cities and water is inherent over the history of civilization and in fact, many urban cities in Malaysia are located close to river areas. The last two decades have shown Malaysia has shifted development strategy from an agricultural base to industrialization, and manufacturing industries have now become the main component of the economy for the country. This transformation since the 18th century has clearly shown that rapid urbanization, industrial and intensive agricultural activities, as well as wide-spread land development, have contributed to extensive changing of river functions for the economy, national development and the environment. In particular, river roles have become less significant for human life and river functions limited to transportation purposes only.

Environmental Management System (EMS)

What is EMS?

An environmental management system is the process used by an organization to manage, review, correct, and improve the organization’s approach to business. Employees are asked to consider how they affect the environment every day.  An EMS offers a structured way to incorporate environmental considerations into day-to-day operations; it promotes continual improvement of the environment and human health.

EMS key all about

1. Systematic way of managing an organization's environmental affairs

2. Based on Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) cycle. Some EMS approach being made Policy-Planning-Implementation- Checking corrective action- Management review.

3. Focussed on continual improvement of system

4. Addresses short term and long term impact of a product or services provided by the company to environment

5. A tool/method to improvement environmental's performances

Conducting EMS in an organization require commitment from all department. Some senior management likely stepping back to commitment because EMS depending on voluntary approach.

Conducting EMS in an organization will reduce waste, increase process effieciency, increase environment safety, eliminate insurans claims, provide uniform operations, increase productivity and saving operation cost.

My Comment to Illegal Hunting

Illegal hunting is one of the worst issues in environmental field. I have read a news, published in

the site, which reporting unresolved(illegal hunting) cases around them.

A question appears why they do hunt in? They know that the meat always available in market,

even the bullet is more expensive compared to the meat itself! A good reason in itself:

1) Hunted meat is lean, healthy, and free from additives

2) It provides exercise and time in the outdoors, away from work pressures.

Yes, we understand that there are benefits of doing that, but do we accept the illegal hunting?

Some say, “Life feeds on Life, and Life gives Life to Life”. Yes them saying the truth. But illegal

hunting can cause uncontrolled demolishing of the natural ecosystem. Are the illegal hunters

always doing it for food or for monthly activities? For me, the answer is No! They do it for

money. It is just like stealing car and sells it cheap.

Because of the pro and contra, many countries are regulating about it. The hunter need a permit

before continue the activities. They have to declare their gun and bullet, how many they have, and

again to declare their yields, so that the authorities able to control the population of the animals

in the forest (perhaps).

Unfortunately, the seeding of the demolished animal, are seen very less because it is not

that many of body or NGO compared to the hunters itself, to do the rehabilitation work. The

correct authorities or government body need to brain wash, to encourage their citizen to take

part of the rehabilitation work by giving incentive, such as tax’s reduction or any special

treatment for doing good in order to balance the effect of illegal hunting.

My suggestion is that, every hunter must have their own centre for animal rehabilitation (feed

animal food with natural thing not sintetic to prevent additive, so that they will understand the

value are) and they have to replace back the hunt death with a reasonable number. If not,

stopped the hunting, don’t issued any permit and big fined for them.