Tuesday, December 4, 2018

Kerajaan Johor telah membatalkan pewartaan Pulau Kukup sebagai taman negara yang dilindungi. Pulau Kukup yang terletak di Pontian sudah menjadi taman negara sejak 1997. Keputusan itu dibuat ketika mesyuarat exco pada 24 September lalu. Warta pembatalan itu, yang dilihat Malaysiakini, dikeluarkan pada 25 Oktober. Rancangan akan datang terhadap kawasan itu belum diketahui. Too narrow busiest shipping lane in the world caused erosion and disturbed biodiversity.

https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/454655
Pulau Kukup dikenali dengan hutan paya bakaunya. Sebahagian besar kawasan pulau itu tidak berpenghuni.
Ia salah satu daripada sebilangan kecil lahan basah yang masih kekal asli di Asia Tenggara, dan satu daripada lima tapak Ramsar di Malaysia.
Tapak Ramsar adalah lahan basah yang mempunyai kepentingan antarabangsa berdasarkan Konvensyen mengenai Tanah Lembap yang Berkepentingan Antarabangsa PBB.

Monday, December 3, 2018

Stop biodiversity loss or we could face our own extinction, warns UN: The world has two years to secure a deal for nature to halt a ‘silent killer’ as dangerous as climate change. What we can do in Malaysia.

Deforestation in Indonesian to make way for a palm oil concession.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/nov/03/stop-biodiversity-loss-or-we-could-face-our-own-extinction-warns-un

What is biodiversity and why does it matter?

Biodiversity describes the rich diversity of life on Earth, from individual species to entire ecosystems. The term was coined in 1985 – a contraction of “biological diversity” – but the huge global biodiversity losses now becoming apparent represent a crisis equalling and quite possibly surpassing climate change. Deforestation, poaching, industrial farming and pollution are some of the ways in which the planet's natural ecosystem is being disrupted – with devastating results. This series will look at the myriad ways that human activity has ravaged biodiversity, and how we can fight back.