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 BIODIVERSITY
CONSERVATION IN ASEAN - Emerging Issues & Regional Needs Edited by Ghazally Ismail & Murtedza Mohamed Content Page Asean countries today remain the last few parts of the world that are still endowed with vast expanse of luxuriant and biologically diverse tropical ecosystems. However, unprecedented destruction of tropical rainforests, coral reefs and mangroves in the past decades have driven hundreds of living species to extinction. Though Asean countries are aware of the environmental predicament they are in and the ramifications they are about to face in the 21st century, they must also come to grips with the reality that their environmental agenda, more so than in other parts of the world today, is determined by economics and are constantly pressured to show their growth in the form of bottom lines.
In this
book, renowned scientists and policymakers in Asean countries argue
each country has taken mindful approaches to addressing their specific
and unique environmental and biodiversity conservation issues. They
have demonstrated the emergence of a fresh mind-shift in responding
to calls and demands for conservation measures and pollution abatement
practices at both national and regional levels. Environmental consciousness
and remedial measures to effectively stall and reverse the tide
of environmental destruction in the region are likely to continue
and produce desirable impacts on its economy and quality of life.
These approaches are essential part of Asean's collective efforts
towards sustainable growth and development. About the Author Ghazally Ismail and Murtedza Mohamed are professors at the Institute of Biodiversity & Environmental conservation in University Malaysia Sarawak, Malaysia.
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