Overview of legal and administrative approaches to manage human-wildlife conflicts in Malaysia

Human-wildlife conflicts result when the actions of humans or wildlife have an adverse impact upon the other. This paper presents an overview of Malaysia’s legal and administrative approaches to manage human-wildlife conflicts (HWC). Firstly, the paper reviews the status of wildlife in Malaysia a...

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Main Authors:	Mustafa, Maizatun, Ariffin, Mariani, Sabran, Siti Fatimah, Tan, Sarah
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	Ahmad Ibrahim Kulliyyah of Laws (AIKOL), International Islamic University Malaysia 2017
Subjects:	KPG Malaysia
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/57325/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/57325/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/57325/7/57325.pdf

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spelling	iium-573252017-10-11T02:06:00Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/57325/ Overview of legal and administrative approaches to manage human-wildlife conflicts in Malaysia Mustafa, Maizatun Ariffin, Mariani Sabran, Siti Fatimah Tan, Sarah KPG Malaysia Human-wildlife conflicts result when the actions of humans or wildlife have an adverse impact upon the other. This paper presents an overview of Malaysia’s legal and administrative approaches to manage human-wildlife conflicts (HWC). Firstly, the paper reviews the status of wildlife in Malaysia and the current conflicts involving man and wild animals that happen both in urban and rural areas. Then it identifies government’s policy relating to land-use planning as well as wildlife conservation, and examines how such policies have shaped HWC. While urbanization and agricultural expansion are considered main factors that contribute towards such conflict, environmental law and relevant administrative instrument on the other hand can play vital roles to support the management and mitigation of HWC. For this purpose, the article examines existing legal provisions and administrative strategy applicable in Malaysia to manage and mitigate conflicting interests of human and wildlife. The examination concludes that law and institutions have important roles to play in managing and mitigating HWC. Mitigation measures through the provisions of law and institutional strategy that take into consideration biological, economic and social factors can effectively narrow down the conflicts. At the same time such measures also help towards environmental conservation, and enhancement of human welfare, health and safety Ahmad Ibrahim Kulliyyah of Laws (AIKOL), International Islamic University Malaysia 2017 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/57325/7/57325.pdf Mustafa, Maizatun and Ariffin, Mariani and Sabran, Siti Fatimah and Tan, Sarah (2017) Overview of legal and administrative approaches to manage human-wildlife conflicts in Malaysia. In: International Conference on Dispute Resolution 2017 - Modern Trends in Effective Dispute Resolution, 9th-10th August 2017, Kuala Lumpur. https://icdr2017.org/
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spellingShingle	KPG Malaysia Mustafa, Maizatun Ariffin, Mariani Sabran, Siti Fatimah Tan, Sarah Overview of legal and administrative approaches to manage human-wildlife conflicts in Malaysia
description	Human-wildlife conflicts result when the actions of humans or wildlife have an adverse impact upon the other. This paper presents an overview of Malaysia’s legal and administrative approaches to manage human-wildlife conflicts (HWC). Firstly, the paper reviews the status of wildlife in Malaysia and the current conflicts involving man and wild animals that happen both in urban and rural areas. Then it identifies government’s policy relating to land-use planning as well as wildlife conservation, and examines how such policies have shaped HWC. While urbanization and agricultural expansion are considered main factors that contribute towards such conflict, environmental law and relevant administrative instrument on the other hand can play vital roles to support the management and mitigation of HWC. For this purpose, the article examines existing legal provisions and administrative strategy applicable in Malaysia to manage and mitigate conflicting interests of human and wildlife. The examination concludes that law and institutions have important roles to play in managing and mitigating HWC. Mitigation measures through the provisions of law and institutional strategy that take into consideration biological, economic and social factors can effectively narrow down the conflicts. At the same time such measures also help towards environmental conservation, and enhancement of human welfare, health and safety
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Mustafa, Maizatun Ariffin, Mariani Sabran, Siti Fatimah Tan, Sarah
author_facet	Mustafa, Maizatun Ariffin, Mariani Sabran, Siti Fatimah Tan, Sarah
author_sort	Mustafa, Maizatun
title	Overview of legal and administrative approaches to manage human-wildlife conflicts in Malaysia
title_short	Overview of legal and administrative approaches to manage human-wildlife conflicts in Malaysia
title_full	Overview of legal and administrative approaches to manage human-wildlife conflicts in Malaysia
title_fullStr	Overview of legal and administrative approaches to manage human-wildlife conflicts in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Overview of legal and administrative approaches to manage human-wildlife conflicts in Malaysia
title_sort	overview of legal and administrative approaches to manage human-wildlife conflicts in malaysia
publisher	Ahmad Ibrahim Kulliyyah of Laws (AIKOL), International Islamic University Malaysia
publishDate	2017
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/57325/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/57325/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/57325/7/57325.pdf
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Overview of legal and administrative approaches to manage human-wildlife conflicts in Malaysia

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