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NATURE
CONSERVATION
BFC10102
Dr. Radin Maya Saphira Radin Mohamed
FKAAS Admin Office, Level G, FKAAS Building
Office Tel No: 07-4564236; email: maya@uthm.edu.my
Chapter 1: Introduction to
Nature Conservation
Chapter 1:
Introduction to Nature Conservation
Conservation
1. What is meant by conservation
2. List 5 reasons why conserve nature
3. List 3 global changes and 2 kinds of pollutions
Picture A Picture B
Formation of Earth
Interactions
Evolutions
1.1 Built vs. Natural Environment
The Built Environment
Occupy
same
space
spatial
issue
Increasing need
for built
environment due
to increasing
human population
and modernization
1.1 Built vs. Natural Environment
Environmental problems
a. What is it? Pollution
b. Causes?
c. Effects? Global changes
d. What can
you do about
it?
Loss of biodiversity
1.2 Impact of Human Activities to
Natural Environment
List of Major Global Environmental
Issues
Location Environmental Socio impact Cause of the Involved Bodies
Issue Issue
Riau Forest and Land Worst trans-boundary haze Rapid Federal Governments
Province, Fires pollution, emission of deforestation, of the United States
Sumatera, greenhouse gases land clearing, and Canada,
Indonesia (GHGs), affect human and are Environment Canada,
health directly and paralyze induced by dry Provincial
economic activity by climate causes Government of
reducing visibility in fire over an Ontario
Indonesia, Singapore and area of 163,336
Malaysia ha
Sydney, Great Barrier Reef had suffered the Climate change ARC Center of
Australia Reef Threatened worst coral bleaching and and the flow of Excellence for Coral
die-off ever recorded, with farm chemicals Reef Studies, and
stretches of its northern and coastal United Nations
reaches dead after the sediment into Educational,
coral was bathed in warm the waters, Scientific and Cultural
summer waters. worlds biggest Organization
coal mines
about 200 miles
List of Major Global Environmental
Issues
Location Environmental Socio impact Cause of the Issue Involve
Issue Bodies
Gulf of Mexico Oil spill in the Gulf Plants and animals were Deepwater oil well British
of Mexico about 4.9 completely covered in the oil. exploded in the Gulf of Petroleu
million barrels of Seabirds, sea turtles and Mexico United S
petroleum released dolphins have been found Coast G
covering 130x70 dead, Oil that entered wetland (USCG),
mi2 areas meant recovery would Aviation
be slow, Fish stocks were Adminis
harmed, and productivity AA), and
decreased. U.S Gov
bodies.
Earths Orbit Space Debris and More than 500,000 pieces of Orbital debris is any National
Human Spacecraft debris are tracked as they man-made object in Aeronau
orbit the Earth. They all travel orbit about the Earth Space
at speeds up to 17,500 mph, which no longer serves Adminis
fast enough for a relatively a useful function. Such (NASA),
small piece of orbital debris to debris includes Europea
damage a satellite or a nonfunctional Agency
List of Major Global Environmental
Issues
Location Environmental Socio impact Cause of the Issue Invo
Issue Bodi
The Great Lakes, Canada- Uncontrolled Endangering Nutrient loading is caused Fede
United States border growth of wide range of by fertilizers (synthetic and Gove
cyanobacteria wildlife, including organic) used in the U
called an Algal migratory and agricultural practices, and C
Blooms In The resident birds urbanization and human Envir
Great Lakes and polluting waste, and household Cana
water resource products containing Provi
providing phosphorous and nitrogen Gove
drinking water, Ontar
recreational
activities, and
tourism.
Wyoming, United States Hydraulic Ozone pollution, Infancy of the industry, and Envir
Fracturing in contamination of the only recent effort to Prote
Wyoming groundwater, and monitor its effects, there Agen
impacted the overuse of water remains a large gap in Unde
environment. supplies knowledge surrounding Injec
the impacts of hydraulic (UIC)
List of Major Environmental Issues
Affecting Communities in Malaysia
location Nature of Socio impact Communitys Advocating
industry pledge NGO
Tanjung Bin, Coal power plant Air pollution Stop the plant JARING
Johor causing Control pollution Sahabat Alam
respiratory Malaysia
problems
amongst malay
villagers
Baram, Baram Dam @ Forced Stop the dam project Save Rivers
Sarawak Hydroelectric resettlement, Sarawak
project land lost, cultural Baram
erosion, survival Protection
threatened Committee
Hulu Hulu Terengganu Deforestation, Questioning the need to World Wide Fund
Terengganu, Hydroelectric loss of clearfell an area three for
Terengganu Project endangered times larger than the size Nature, Internati
species of the dam reservoir. onal Union for
Conservation of
Nature
Klang Valley East Klang Valley De-gazetting of Disapprove 2nd phase Selangor
Expressway, EK 106.6 ha of the construction Forestry
VE Ampang Forest Department.
Reserve, a
critical source of
water for Klang
Valley, cut
through the Ulu
Gombak forest
reserve
1.3 Why Conservation for
Natural Environment?
Since 1970,
there has
already been a
58% overall
decline in the
numbers of fish,
mammals, birds
and reptiles
worldwide,
according to
the
WWF's latest bi-
annual Living
Planet Index.
1.4 You as the Steward