Urban forest protection from the perspective of environmental law in Malaysia: issues and challenges

Within a society, ongoing urbanisation can lead to the increasing importance of urban green spaces as contributors to the quality of the urban environment and urban life globally. Forest and tree resources are known to have a wide range of socio-cultural, economic and environmental values. The value...

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Main Author:	Mustafa, Maizatun
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	RICS 2009
Subjects:	K Law (General) KPG Malaysia
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/3087/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/3087/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/3087/1/Cobra_2009.pdf

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spelling	iium-30872011-10-14T02:53:07Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/3087/ Urban forest protection from the perspective of environmental law in Malaysia: issues and challenges Mustafa, Maizatun K Law (General) KPG Malaysia Within a society, ongoing urbanisation can lead to the increasing importance of urban green spaces as contributors to the quality of the urban environment and urban life globally. Forest and tree resources are known to have a wide range of socio-cultural, economic and environmental values. The value of the forest is also increasingly recognised as extending beyond rural areas and so trees must become compatible with and functional in the urban environment. At present, the emerging realization of the importance of these values has become apparent to many countries, including that of Malaysia. Upon this realization, Malaysia began to consider ways to optimize and incorporate forest values within its urban environs in a sustainable way while responding to the wide range of needs, local priorities and expectations. This paper examines the scope of urban forest and the role of urban greening in enhancing the living quality of urban populations of Malaysia. The paper is deliberately biased towards environmental issues and aims at highlighting provisions under environmental law relevant to urban forest protection. Some issues pertaining to possible challenges that can undermine the efficacy of the law are also highlighted. RICS 2009-09 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/3087/1/Cobra_2009.pdf Mustafa, Maizatun (2009) Urban forest protection from the perspective of environmental law in Malaysia: issues and challenges. In: The Construction and Building Research Conference of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (COBRA), 10-11 September 2009, University of Cape Town. http:www.rics.org/cobra
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description	Within a society, ongoing urbanisation can lead to the increasing importance of urban green spaces as contributors to the quality of the urban environment and urban life globally. Forest and tree resources are known to have a wide range of socio-cultural, economic and environmental values. The value of the forest is also increasingly recognised as extending beyond rural areas and so trees must become compatible with and functional in the urban environment. At present, the emerging realization of the importance of these values has become apparent to many countries, including that of Malaysia. Upon this realization, Malaysia began to consider ways to optimize and incorporate forest values within its urban environs in a sustainable way while responding to the wide range of needs, local priorities and expectations. This paper examines the scope of urban forest and the role of urban greening in enhancing the living quality of urban populations of Malaysia. The paper is deliberately biased towards environmental issues and aims at highlighting provisions under environmental law relevant to urban forest protection. Some issues pertaining to possible challenges that can undermine the efficacy of the law are also highlighted.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Mustafa, Maizatun
author_facet	Mustafa, Maizatun
author_sort	Mustafa, Maizatun
title	Urban forest protection from the perspective of environmental law in Malaysia: issues and challenges
title_short	Urban forest protection from the perspective of environmental law in Malaysia: issues and challenges
title_full	Urban forest protection from the perspective of environmental law in Malaysia: issues and challenges
title_fullStr	Urban forest protection from the perspective of environmental law in Malaysia: issues and challenges
title_full_unstemmed	Urban forest protection from the perspective of environmental law in Malaysia: issues and challenges
title_sort	urban forest protection from the perspective of environmental law in malaysia: issues and challenges
publisher	RICS
publishDate	2009
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/3087/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/3087/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/3087/1/Cobra_2009.pdf
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Urban forest protection from the perspective of environmental law in Malaysia: issues and challenges

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