Social Capital Required for Upgrading Parks
By Wong Teik Aun
January 2023 FEATURE
ONE OF THE main ways of environmental conservation is establishing nature parks or protected areas. Signatory countries of the UN’s Aichi Target 11 aspire that “By 2020, at least 17% of terrestrial and inland water, and 10% of coastal and marine areas, especially areas of particular importance for biodiversity and ecosystem services, are conserved…” In a similar vein, Malaysia’s National Policy on Biodiversity targets safeguarding all key ecosystems, species and genetic diversity by 2025.That said, it is hard to attain...
Wong Teik Aun
is a senior faculty member at a private institution of higher learning. Issues on environment, economy and education are close to his heart.
