WIT Press


Administrative And Institutional Set Up For Environmental Management In Malaysia As Compared With The U.K. And U.S.

Price

Free (open access)

Volume

72

Pages

8

Published

2004

Size

292 kb

Paper DOI

10.2495/SC040181

Copyright

WIT Press

Author(s)

M.B. Ishak

Abstract

Environmental management can be considered as a part of the major components of environmental law, which contribute broad functions to achieve sustainable environmental management in Malaysia. In fact, there are several agencies or bodies in Malaysia that are involved in environmental management inter alia: the Ministry of Housing and Local Government (MHLG), especially the Department of Local Government (DLG), the Ministry of Science, Technology and the Environment (MOSTE), especially the Department of Environment (DOE), Local Authorities (LA) such as Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL), Ipoh City Council (MBI) and Penang Town Council (MPPP), and also the private agency such as Kualiti Alam (KA) and Alam Sekitar Malaysia (ASMA). However, the main issue in Malaysia is that there is

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