Apa Reaksi UPM Tentang Cadangan Tan Sri Rozali Pengerusi Eksekutif Puncak Niaga Sdn Bhd yang juga Pro Canselor UPM?

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UPM Terpilih Teraju Program Pemuliharaan Alam Sekitar


SERDANG, 27 April – Pengerusi Eksekutif Puncak Niaga Sdn Bhd, Tan Sri Rozali Ismail mencadangkan kerajaan melantik Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) sebagai peneraju, perancang dan pelaksana program pemuliharaan alam sekitar.

Beliau berkata sebelum itu, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia terpilih menjadi universiti yang melaksana dan merancang program untuk golongan remaja sebagai golongan sasaran.

“Memandangkan UPM sebagai salah satu universiti terkemuka di Malaysia, ia terlibat secara langsung dalam aktiviti dan kursus alam semula jadi serta mempunyai kepakaran dalam bidang ini,” katanya pada majlis pelancaran Kelab Briged Penyelamat Sungai kali ke 24 di sini.

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Universiti Putra Malaysia sudah lama berpengalaman dalam pendidikan alam sekitar bekerjasama dengan ESSO, Shell, Jabatan Pendidikan Negeri Sembilan & Selangor dan lain-lain serta penulis modul pendidikan alam sekitar Jabatan Sains dan Alam Sekitar Malaysia sudah tentu mampu untuk menjalankan aktiviti yang dicadangkan oleh Tan Sri Rozali Ismail. Pendidikan alam sekitar akan lebih berkesan dengan kefahaman tentang ekologi persekitaran serta proses kehidupan yang berlaku di sekeliling manusia hari-hari.

Pemantauan dan kajian segera perlu dilakukan

Sungai tercemar di Selangor 'tenat'

SERDANG 28 April - Selangor menghadapi masalah pencemaran air yang tenat apabila mencatatkan peningkatan kes pencemaran sungai sebanyak 86 peratus dalam tempoh lima tahun.

Pengerusi Eksekutif Puncak Niaga (M) Sdn. Bhd., Tan Sri Rozali Ismail berkata, pihaknya merekodkan sebanyak 1,483 kes pencemaran sungai iaitu peningkatan hampir sekali ganda berbanding 796 kes pada 2005.

"Peningkatan ini amat membimbangkan kerana hanya 59 peratus sahaja sungai yang masih boleh digunakan dan diklasifikasikan sebagai selamat," katanya ketika berucap pada majlis pelancaran Kelab Briged Penyelamat Sungai kali ke-24 di sini, semalam.

Majlis pelancaran itu disempurnakan oleh isteri Perdana Menteri, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor dan turut dihadiri Naib Canselor Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Prof. Datuk Dr. Nik Mustapha R. Abdullah.

Rozali berkata, dalam tempoh lima tahun, sungai-sungai di negeri tersebut yang tercemar juga meningkat daripada 14 kepada 18 batang.

Menurutnya, pencemar-pencemar sumber air mestilah dipantau dan program pemulihan sungai harus dirancang dengan melibatkan elemen pemantauan dan pemodelan secara holistik.

Beliau percaya, gandingan kerajaan dan swasta mampu menjayakan program alam sekitar yang lestari.

Justeru, beliau mencadangkan agar UPM dipilih untuk meneraju, merancang dan melaksanakan program pemuliharaan memandangkan universiti tersebut mempunyai kepakaran serta terlibat secara langsung dalam aktiviti dan kursus alam semula jadi.

Transforming the Klang River

Wednesday April 28, 2010
Transforming the Klang River
By ELAN PERUMAL elan@thstar.com.my

THE Klang River, Selangor’s iconic river, which is also one of the dirtiest and most polluted in the country, is set to get a thorough overhaul.
Stretching some 120km from its source to the sea, the famed Klang River will be rehabilitated through a proposed cleaning and beautification programme initiated by the Selangor government.Mentri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim said the rehabilitation project would be implemented over five years. At the recent Selangor state assembly sitting, Khalid announced that a task force had identified four companies that would be taking part in the project. Khalid also said the programme aimed turn the polluted river into a source of clean drinking water.He said a Korean company was among the four chosen for the project.He added that the company had succesfully cleaned up a polluted river in Seoul and turned it into a source of potable water.“We are determined even though we know it will not happen overnight. It will take some time for the people of Selangor to enjoy the fruits of this project.“We have decided to involve private companies in the hope of reducing the burden on the state,” he said.Currently, the river is muddy and murky with hardly any activities taking place along its banks except for some fishing.Floating pontoons placed along the river at Padang Jawa to trap garbage have also been removed.

Hijaukan Bumi Selamatkan Sungai untuk Air Bersih Sepanjang Zaman

Wujudkan Piagam Hijau - Abdullah
Oleh HASHNAN ABDULLAH
pengarang@utusan.com.my

PUTRAJAYA 27 April - Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi menyarankan agar diwujudkan Piagam Hijau Rakyat Malaysia bagi mewujudkan komitmen jitu di kalangan semua pihak untuk memelihara alam sekitar.

Bekas Perdana Menteri berkata, piagam itu perlu kerana isu alam sekitar berkait rapat dengan usaha mewujudkan kualiti hidup yang mapan pada masa depan.

Generasi masa hadapan (kanak-kanak sekarang) perlu didik dan mempunyai nilai tinggi tentang penjagaan hutan dan sungai negara.
Wednesday April 28, 2010
Value water as precious resource, says Rosmah

KUALA LUMPUR: Water is the “blue diamond” we cannot afford to lose, said Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor.
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“Water is also a limited source of mineral with high commercial value. Since rivers contribute 97% of our water supply, it is important to preserve our water source for the benefit of generations to come,” said the wife of the Prime Minister.Rosmah said it was important to get the young participating in eco-friendly campaigns, including the importance of caring for our rivers.“This will shape society’s habits and lifestyle to be more environmental-friendly,” said Rosmah.

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Rakyat Malaysia Quality of Life by 2020. How World Class University can Play Roles

Based on the literature, World Class University evaluation should consider:

(i) Institutional characteristics that may affect quality;
(ii) Instructional quality;
(iii) Research quality; and
(iv) Student quality.


As for undergraduate program, such measures as faculty-student ratios, faculty qualification, libraries and computer facilities and student selectivity are often used as proxies for educational quality.

As for graduate education, it is often argued there is a strong correlation between the quality of faculty research and the quality of education. Nevertheless, the measures of faculty research do not tell us how well a program is structured, whether it offers a nurturing environment for students. “Faculty-student ratio” is used to capture the teaching quality of an institution based on the methodology of the THES ranking.

Institutional characteristics include citation per faculty, faculty-teacher ratio, and the percentages of international student and faculty. Citation per faculty, defined as the number of citations for academic papers published by each faculty member, was intended to measure universities’ research prowess. Faculty-to-student ratio was used to measure universities’ commitment to teaching. Finally, the THES used the percentage of international faculty and the percentage of international student to quantify universities’ international orientation.

English-speaking countries have an advantage in the reputational rankings of their universities by virtue of the fact that the leading international journals are published in English. English has become the lingua franca of worldwide academia. This has also led to an advantage in competing for talent on a worldwide basis for universities in English-speaking countries. How our education system in local universities can provide quality high income society as planned by New Economic Model.

Who are Professors?

1 million professors at 6,500 colleges in USA? compared to 1426 in Malaysia (?% retired or contract professor?).male professors' actions-but not female professors' actions-are consistent with how they perceived themselves to be. female professors' actions toward others were not significantly related to their self-concepts. More studies needed.(Professors' Actions and Attitudes: How Do They Relate to One Another? Journal article by Thomas S. Parish, James R. Necessary; Education, Vol. 114, 1994)

What students say about top professor in 2010?

1. a beautiful human being
2. students learned so much in class
3. the most effective teacher
4. To get an A students must attend class AND read the text
5. students never wanted to miss a class, makes student love coming to class
6. cares about the students
7. very smart who will answer ANY question
8. Very enthusiastic and helpful
9. wonderful, amazing, Very nice and will teach a lot
10. makes the students day better for every class
11. very interesting and so cheerful and positive
12. motivates students to know more. Interesting and informative
13. presents material in an organized manner and knows the stuff
14. uses real life examples that are informative and entertaining
15. uses case studies and story-examples to help you understand how to apply the concepts to everyday life


What top professor says to the students?

1. We think, in our society, that we're supposed to do two or three things at a time
2. If you don't like your life, change it,"
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The best professors in the world don’t like hearing themselves speak. There’s nothing wrong with their voices. Some are booming. Some are animated. Some are downright mellifluous. But all the same, professors would rather hear students speak.
pictures from Wargasains by Sabri

Research on Wildlife: Sensitive species such as Tapir (Tapirus indicus)

To day MNS organise a seminar on Tapir Research in Malaysia at Taman Ilmu Universiti Malaya. Researcher, Wildlife Department, Sponsors from Private Companies and Regular Grants needed to promote the conservation of wildlife such as Tapir and recruit young generation. Until now most of researchers are foreigners but all the helpers are locals....WHY?

Parents still need motivation!?

Parents in USJ are among the professionals and educated society still need to be motivated and taught how to organise their family, discipline their children including preparing their children time table, how to wake their children in the morning and kiss then before they go to school. This is why we have a traffic jam and contaminate the air and generate heat near school in front of schools gate because many parents kiss and hug their children before get out of cars and infront of school's gate. Their attendance in motivation talk to day is more than double compared to PIBG (PTA) annual meeting early this year where a lot more thing we can decide on what to do with our teaching & learning, improve the school facilities and give input how the society or community can support children's early education through school.PIBG Committee USJ4 2010. They are Professor, CEO, Bussiness man, Lawyer, Politician, Engineer, Architec and Educationist. I think they are capable to help school to produce excellence students with strong support from parents.

PIBG needs to give more input to bring school and community together and change their perception towards developing future generation. Parents must support this effort.

One Malaysia Earth Day

1. Malaysia sebuah negara mega biodiversiti
2. Malaysia menjaga kepentingan biodiversiti negara
3. Malaysia mengamalkan pembangunan mapan
4. Malaysia mempunyai Dasar Biodiversiti Kebangsaan
5. Malaysia ada hampir 2000 Professor
6. Malaysia ada ramai pelajar di universiti
7. Malaysia ada ramai belia tempatan
8. Malaysia ada ramai pelajar sekolah
9. Malaysia boleh gerakkan seluruh daerah yang merangkumi semua lapisan di atas membuat perancangan dan tindakan strategik tentang biodiversiti dan alam sekitar (pendidikan, kesedaran, penghayatan, pemantauan, penjagaan, kesungguhan dan tanggungjawab)
10. Satu Malaysia akan sejahtera.

Endangered Sumatran rhino in Sabah, How about Milky Stork in Selangor?

Published: Tuesday April 20, 2010 MYT 2:29:00 PM
Updated: Tuesday April 20, 2010 MYT 3:26:01 PM
Pregnant rare Sumatran rhino spotted in Borneo
By RUBEN SARIO

KOTA KINABALU: Wildlife experts here remain hopeful about the future of the highly endangered Sumatran rhino following a rare picture of a 20-year-old female that is believed to be pregnant.

The picture of the female rhino was captured by remote camera trap devices set up jointly by the Sabah Wildlife Department and WWF-Malaysia.

The picture was considered rare as there were estimated to be less than 30 rhinos left on the entire island of Borneo.

The pregnant female rhino captured on remote camera trap.

International Rhino expert Dr. Terri Roth said she was hoping that the female rhino was indeed pregnant.

"There are so few Sumatran rhinos left in the world that each calf represents a lifeline for the species, she said here Tuesday.

Sabah Wildlife Department director Dr Laurentius Ambu said the department was working with WWF-Malaysia and the Borneo Rhino Alliance (BORA) to finalise the Rhino Action Plan that which would be expected to be ready for full implementation by August this year.

The plan would address the conservation plans of the viable population including isolated rhinos, Dr Laurentius added.

He said his department intended to take a "different" approach in managing the viable but isolated rhino population in Sabah.
The pregnant female rhino captured on remote camera trap.

Habitat protection and enforcement have been recognised as the main strategy in order to ensure the survival of the viable rhino population in forest reserves, while a breeding programme has been identified as the key strategy in order to address the conservation plan for the isolated rhinos, Dr Laurentius added.

The rhino breeding programme is currently supported by Sime Darby, the Malaysian federal government and WWF-Malaysia.

The future of rhinos in Borneo now depends on how seriously the enforcement and security work in the forest reserves can be implemented and coordinated, said Raymond Alfred, Head of the Borneo Species Programme, WWF-Malaysia.

The monitoring and survey work in the central forest of Sabah is currently supported by HONDA Malaysia, WWF-Netherlands, WWF-Germany and USFWS since 2005.

WWF-Malaysia is working with the department and the Sabah Forestry Department to look into reinforcing the security of the forest reserves that are the key habitats for the animals.

Alfred noted that that data from an ongoing rhino monitoring and survey programme showed that the animals' home range was affected by oil palm plantation expansion near the state's coastal areas.

The research also indicated that sustainable logging activities had minimal impact on the rhino population while conversion of forests especially those located adjacent to key rhino habitat into other mono-crop plantations such as oil palm would further worsen the fragmentation of the rhino population.

What Malaysia Say On Biodiversity?

Malaysia has already fulfilled the 2010 target requirement of conserving 10% of national biodiversity. In building our national inventory of flora and fauna, 9 expeditions were carried out under the Eighth Malaysia Plan (2001-2005) which will be further increased to 15 under the Ninth Plan (2006-2010). Endangered species are continually protected through research, captive breeding, in-situ conservation and awareness programs. To improve the protection of biodiversity, a review of the present law that governs trading and captive breeding of wildlife will be undertaken. Biodiversity will continue to be the mainstreamed and appropriate safeguards will be developed and introduced.
Strengthening institutional framework: To address legal and institutional gaps in the management of natural resources, a National Council on Biodiversity and Biotechnology, under the stewardship of the Prime Minister, was established in 2001 comprising relevant federal ministers and chief ministers of all states. It aims to give policy directions on the mainstreaming of biodiversity and the development of biotechnology. In 2004, Malaysia strengthened its institutional setup for the management of conservation at the federal level when the restructuring of the ministries led to the formation of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment.

Come we talk on Earth Day on April 22

This April 22, Earth Day will celebrate its 40th anniversary. A day of celebration and activism intended to raise awareness of environmental issues, Earth Day began in 1970 as the Environmental Teach-In, when approximately 20 million demonstrators organized to show support for a policy agenda focused on environmental concerns.

Since the 1970 Earth Day, many laws to protect the environment, including the Clean Air Act, were passed by Congress. And the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency was created to protect the environment and public health. Several National Academies reports from the past year examine how science and technology can be harnessed to protect the Earth and sustain the diversity and well-being of the life it supports. Many of them focused on identifying and mitigating human environmental impact.

Landscapes on the Edge: New Horizons for Research on Earth's Surface reveals research challenges and initiatives that could open the path to resolving environmental issues by helping predict how processes such as wind, ice, water, tectonics, and living organisms drive changes in the Earth's surface.

Air pollution does not recognize national borders, and the atmosphere connects distant regions of our planet. Global Sources of Local Pollution: An Assessment of Long-Range Transport of Key Air Pollutants to and from our country focuses on four types of air pollutants and how they can be transported downwind across oceans and continents and have a negative impact on air quality far from their original sources.

Understanding the Changing Planet: Strategic Directions for the Geographical Sciences identifies important questions for the geographical science community to tackle today, ranging from overarching issues of environmental change and sustainability to specific areas in the field that are transforming. The areas identified in this report aim to provide a more complete understanding of where and how landscapes are changing to help society manage and adapt to the transformation of Earth's surface.

Government, businesses, and consumers may not realize the full impact of their choices when they think about energy. Hidden Costs of Energy: Unpriced Consequences of Energy Production and Use examines and, when possible, quantifiably estimates "hidden" costs of energy production and use -- such as the damage air pollution imposes on human health – that are not reflected in energy prices.

Scientific Value of Arctic Sea Ice Imagery Derived Products recommends that hundreds of images derived from classified data be made public and be released and disseminated to the scientific research community. These Arctic images show detailed melting and freezing processes and also provide information at scales, locations, and time periods that are important for studying effects of climate change on sea ice and habitat -- data that are not available elsewhere.
Mangrove trees at Pulau Kalumpang, Matang died may be due to natural processes, BUT why? Fresh water?, wild boar? migratory shorebirds? need more studies.
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Those are global issues. What are our problems related to ecological changes, biodiversity, pollution and public health?. Young generation must understand, think and take action for their future life. So if you can think and understand, what you should do today? Recycle, save evergy, reduce plastic, manage you old batteries, educate you friends or organise some activities to show your concern OR write in your facebook and see how your friends ane relatives respons.

River water quality monitoring

Biological monitoring working party
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The biological monitoring working party (BMWP) is a procedure for measuring water quality using species of macroinvertebrates as biological indicators.
The method is based on the principle that different aquatic invertebrates have different tolerances to pollutants. The presence of mayflies or stoneflies for instance indicate the cleanest waterways and are given a tolerance score of 10. The lowest scoring invertebrates are worms (Oligochaeta) which score 1. The number of different macroinvertebrates is also an important factor, because a better water quality is assumed to result in a higher diversity.

The BMWP score equals the sum of the tolerance scores of all macroinvertebrate families in the sample. A higher BMWP score is considered to reflect a better water quality. Alternatively, also the Average Score Per Taxon (ASPT) score is calculated. The ASPT equals the average of the tolerance scores of all macroinvertebrate families found, and ranges from 0 to 10. The main difference between both indices is that ASPT does not depend on the family richness. Once BMWP and ASPT are calculated, the Lincoln Quality Index (LQI) is used to asses the water quality in the Anglia Water Authority area.

The detail can be refered to BMWP Score table.

Group Families Score

10: Mayflies, Stoneflies, Riverbug, Caddisflies or Sedgeflies; Siphlonuridae, Heptageniidae, Leptophlebiidae, Ephemerellidae, Potamanthidae, Ephemeridae, Taeniopterygidae, Leuctridae, Caprniidae, Perlodidae, Perlidae, Chloroperlidae, Aphelocheridae, Phryganeidae, Molannidae, Beraeidae, Odontoceridae, Leptoceridae, Goeridae, Lepidostomatidae, Brachycentridae, Sericostomatidae

8: Crayfish, Dragonflies; Astacidae, Lestidae, Agriidae, Gomphidae, Cordulegasteridae, Aeshnidae, Corduliidae, Libelluiidae

7: Mayflies, Stoneflies, Caddisflies or Sedge flies Caenidae, Nemouridae, Rhyacophilidae, Polycentropidae, Limnephilidae

6: Snails, Caddisflies or Sedge flies, Mussels, Shrimps, Dragonflies
Neritidae, Viviparidae, Ancylidae, Hydroptilidae, Unionidae, Corophiidae, Gammaridae, Platycnemididae, Coenagriidae

5: Bugs; Beetles, Caddisflies or Sedgeflies, Craneflies/Blackflies, Flatworms
Mesoveliidae, Hydrometridae, Gerridae, Nepidae, Naucoridae, Notonectidae, Pleidae, Corixidae, Haliplidae, Hygrobiidae, Dytiscidae, Gyrinidae, Hydrophilidae, Clambidae, Helodidae, Dryopidae, Elmidae, Chrysomelidae, Curculionidae, Hydropsychidae, Tipulidae, Simuliidae, Planariidae, Dendrocoelida

4: Mayflies, Alderflies, Leeches; Baetidae, Sialidae, Piscicolidae

3: Snails, Cockles, Leeches, Hog louse; Valvatidae, Hydrobiidae, Lymnaeidae, Physidae, Planorbidae, Sphaeriidae, Glossiphoniidae, Hirudidae, Erpobdellidae, Asellidae

2: Midges; Chironomidae

1: Worms: Oligochaeta (whole class)

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We need good biologist, entomologist and taxonomist to do this. Do we have them in Malaysia? Many university’s students go into IT, Biotechnology, Melecular Biology, Arts, Economic, or Engineering and Medicine. May be some incentive needed to those who want to venture in basic biology, taxonomy or entomology. Many lecturers or Professors in these fields are old or already retired. We need to have a successor to maintain knowledge on biodiversity and environmental quality of our beautiful green country. In fact all subjects related to biodiversity, ecology and biology of local flora and fauna need t be enhanced. Some species close to extinction and some species not even notice their existence. Malaysia is one of the top biodiversity countries in world. So it is worth to consider.

Kenapa Kita Memerlukan Sungai ?

Sungai Kinta, Perak (Berhampir Tanjung Rambutan and hilir sungai dari Bandaraya Ipoh ke arah Sungai Perak).

Hutan tanah tinggi melindungi puncak bukit, lereng bukit dan lurah-lurah bukit daripada hakisan tanah serta menapis air yang melalui pokok-pokok serta sistem hutan dan menghasilkan air yang bersih bebas dari keladak dan kuman. Tanah tinggi memerangkap awan tebal dan mendatangkan hujan. Air hujan yang terperangkap di dalam hutan mengalir perlahan-lahan ke anak-anak sungai dan sungai melalui permukaan tanah atau bawah tanah. Aliran air ini berterusan menjaminkan hidupan termasuk manusia mendapat air bersih sepanjang hayat turun temurun. Berasaskan fenomena ini manusia mesti sedar akan kepentingan bukit bukau, hutan dan sungai untuk kesejahteraan kehidupan manusia. Air berguna untuk minuman, kegunaan rumah tangga, aktiviti harian, pertanian dan industri setiap hari. Tanpa air kehidupan manusia akan bermasalah, tidak selesa, tidak sihat dan boleh menyebabkan KEMATIAN.
(FRIM Kepong)
Apa kita perlu lakukan untuk melindungi hutan tanah tinggi dan sumber air.
1) Mendapat pengetahuan yang lengkap tentang sumber air, kos bekalan air dan perlunya mendapatkan sumber air bersih yang berterusan.Dapatkan pengetahuan daripada agensi bertauliah, melatih facilitator/guru dan masyarakat.
2) Mempunyai kefahaman mendalam tentang sumber air apabila membuat keputusan penggunaan tanah dan air untuk aktiviti manusia seperti pertanian dan sebagainya. Hal ini sangat penting bagi penduduk tempatan dan agensi terlibat (Kerajaan/NGO/ Politik/Pihak Pemaju).
3) Mempunyai undang-undang dan peraturan yang ketat serta penguatkuasaannya bagi menjaga sumber air. Pegawai penguatkuasaan mempunyai pengetahuan dan kemahiran yang tinggi. Program latihan berterusan pegawai penguatkuasa adalah satu keperluan kerana isu, teknologi, keadaan dan masa berubah-ubah.
4) Pengetahuan dan kaedah seperti menyediakan kawasan rezab sungai yang cukup bagi menapis hakisan permukaan, bahan cemar, kawasan lindungan serta habitat hidupan liar. Konflik antara agensi kerajaan perlu difahami dan di selesaikan (misalnya Pejabat Daerah, Majlis Daerah, Jabatan Pertanian, Jabatan Pengairan dan Saliran, Jabatan Kerjaraya, Jabatan Pembangunan Luar Bandar dan Wilayah, Majlis Kerajaan Tempatan dan lain-lain. Purple Heron at Putrajaya (Photo by Faid)
5) Penglibatan masyarakat di hulu sungai dalam aktiviti kawalan pencemaran sungai, NGO, Agensi Kerajaan.
6) Rujuk PAKAR!



Bagaimana semua orang boleh terlibat dalam pengurusan dan penjagaan sungai?

1. Bagi masyarakat yang tinggal berhampiran sungai atau sekolah yang berhampiran sungai boleh menentukan kawasan yang menjadi sumber air bersih untuk kegunaan masyarakat setempat atau sekitarnya.
2. Menilai kualiti air sungai, punca perubahan kualiti air sungai, kegunaan air sungai berkenaan dan menilai kesesuaian penggunaannya untuk minuman, pertanian atau industri atau tidak sesuai digunakan langsung serta merbahayakan kesihatan.
3. Mengambil tindakan yang sesuai bagi menangani isu tempatan; misalnya memaklumkan kepada pihak bertanggungjawab, mendidik masyarakat tentang status sungai, kualiti air, penggunaannya dan bagaimana menyelesaikannya.
4. Sekiranya berlaku pencemaran atau perubahan kualiti air yang disebabkan oleh masyarakat tempatan misalnya sampah, limpahan buangan ternakan, kumbahan industri dan pertanian, mungkin boleh dikawal oleh masyarakat sendiri.
5. Masyarakat tempatan perlu faham tentang sungai, morfologinya, ekologinya, sebab perubahan kualiti air sungai dan tahu menyelesaikan masalah pencemaran air sungai.
6. INGAT!! Sungai bukan tempat membuang sampah dan bahan kimia. Air sungai digunakan untuk bekalan air minuman dan kegunaan domestik serta pertanian dan industri.
7. Aktiviti NGO setempat membantu isu-su pendidikan, pemantauan, penjagaan dan penyelamat sungai.
8. RUJUK KEPADA PAKAR, AHLI SAINS, PROFESOR!!!

Isu Alam Sekitar Tanggungjawab Semua?

Kalau setuju pastikan semua pihak dan lapisan masyarakat mesti terlibat.
1. Pra sekolah - menyanyi, melukis, bercerita, bermain dan lain-lain yang kanak-kanak suka bagi memberi pendedahan awal dan penerapan nilai murni ini sejak peringkat kanak-kanak lagi.
2. Peringkat sekolah - adakan kurikulum, ko-kurikulum, aktiviti luar bilik darjah, kelab-kelab, tatacara perlaksanaan, fasilitator terlatih dan pemantauan yang berkesan.
3. Universiti - ko-kurikulum dan kurikulum, ekspedisi alam semulajadi berpandu, kelab-kelam alam sekitar/eklogi/penyelamat sungai.
4. NGO - aktiviti yang lebih agresif lebih kepada pendidikan dan pemantauan ikhlas.
5. Penduduk tempatan - kelab-kelab, belia surau, badan-badan lain.
6. Malah semua pihak dari kanak-kanak hinggalah ahli politik termasuk perancang bandar dan wilayah serta kontraktor pembangunan.
7. Kempen berterusan oleh pihak kerajaan, media, NGO dan golongan profesional
8. Komitmen kerajaan dari segi polisi, aktiviti terancang dan dana/kewangan
9. Komitmen dan penglibatan pihak swasta; aktiviti, kerjasama dan dana/kewangan.
10. Mengiktiraf tokoh, penggiat alam sekitar dan mencari tokoh-tokoh baharu.

Konflik penyampaian maklumat berkesan, pencemaran dan konservasi

cuba lihat hari-hari berapa banyak kertas yang anda terima. kertas iklan yang anda terima di rumah. Iklan dari supermarket, iklan perumahan baharu, iklan baiki bumbung bocor, kelas tusyen dan lain-lain. Lihat pula di pejabat, berapa helai kertas pekeliling yang anda tidak perlu tetapi masih anda terima. Cuba kira berapa harga kertas yang dibazirkan. cuba tolak gaji pegawai yang membazir kertas yang berkenaan atau pegawai yang memberi arahan am dan tidak fokus.
hari-hari kita bercakap pasal penebangan pokok untuk kertas. hari-hari kita pikir pasal sisa pepejal, surat kabar lama, kitar semula. Hari-hari kita bincang pencemaran bahan kimia yang digunakan bagi memproses kertas (dioxin, logam berat, nutrien dsb.) dan hari-hari ada yang bercakap tentang kos kertas. ada juga pembekal kertas hari-hari sibuk mencari kertas.
cuba fikirkan konflik yang timbul antara orang yang berfikir tentang keberkesanan penyampaian maklumat, pencemaran dan konservasi.

Rakyat didahulukan, Pencapaian diutamakan.
Kekayaan di cari, alam sekitar dihargai.

World Environment Day 2010- “Biodiversity — Ecosystems Management and the Green Economy”

How to go green? RECYCLE!!!

Facebook Can Help You Get Hired … or Fired

Nearly half billion active visitors, Facebook is arguably the most popular social networking site out there. And while the site is known for the casual social aspect, many users also use it as a professional networking tool. With that kind of reach, Facebook can be a valuable tool for connecting to former and current colleagues, clients and potential employers. In fact, surveys suggest that approximately 30% of employers are using Facebook to screen potential employees — even more than those who check LinkedIn, a strictly professional social networking site. Don't make these Facebook faux-pas — they might cost you a great opportunity.

SIX Career-Killing Facebook Mistakes
1. Inappropriate Pictures
2. Complaining About Your Current Job
3. Posting Conflicting Information to Your Resume
4. Statuses You Wouldn't Want Your Boss to See
5. Not Understanding Your Security Settings
6. Losing by Association

How many hours you spent everyday for your Facebook?

What to do for this month earth day?

Perhaps young generation can do something such as reduce plastic bags in the environment. Plastic bags may choke rivers and cause flood. Beside that plastic can contaminate our environment or by mistake eaten by animals.World Environment Day 2010 Theme - “Biodiversity — Ecosystems Management and the Green Economy”
World Environment Day 2009 Theme - "Your Planet Needs You - UNite to Combat Climate Change"
World Environment Day 2008 Theme - "Kick The Habit - Towards A Low Carbon Economy"
World Environment Day 2007 Theme - "Melting Ice – a Hot Topic?"
World Environment Day 2006 Theme - "Deserts and Desertification - Don't Desert Drylands!"
World Environment Day 2005 Theme - "Green Cities – Plan for the Planet!"
World Environment Day 2004 Theme - "Wanted! Seas and Oceans – Dead or Alive?"
World Environment Day 2003 Theme - "Water – Two Billion People are Dying for It!"
World Environment Day 2002 Theme - "Give Earth a Chance"
World Environment Day 2001 Theme - "Connect with the World Wide Web of Life"
World Environment Day 2000 Theme - "The Environment Millennium - Time to Act"
World Environment Day 1999 Theme - "Our Earth - Our Future - Just Save It!"
World Environment Day 1998 Theme - "For Life on Earth - Save Our Seas"
World Environment Day 1997 Theme - "For Life on Earth"
World Environment Day 1996 Theme - "Our Earth, Our Habitat, Our Home"
World Environment Day 1995 Theme - "We the Peoples: United for the Global Environment"
World Environment Day 1994 Theme - "One Earth One Family"
World Environment Day 1993 Theme - "Poverty and the Environment - Breaking the Vicious Circle"
World Environment Day 1992 Theme - "Only One Earth, Care and Share"
World Environment Day 1991 Theme - "Climate Change. Need for Global Partnership"
World Environment Day 1990 Theme - "Children and the Environment"
World Environment Day 1989 Theme - "Global Warming; Global Warning"
World Environment Day 1988 Theme - "When People Put the Environment First, Development Will Last"
World Environment Day 1987 Theme - "Environment and Shelter: More Than A Roof"
World Environment Day 1986 Theme - "A Tree for Peace"
World Environment Day 1985 Theme - "Youth: Population and the Environment"
World Environment Day 1984 Theme -"Desertification"
World Environment Day 1983 Theme - "Managing and Disposing Hazardous Waste: Acid Rain and Energy"
World Environment Day 1982 Theme - "Ten Years After Stockholm (Renewal of Environmental Concerns)"
World Environment Day 1981 Theme - "Ground Water; Toxic Chemicals in Human Food Chains"
World Environment Day 1980 Theme - "A New Challenge for the New Decade: Development Without Destruction"
World Environment Day 1979 Theme - "Only One Future for Our Children - Development Without Destruction"
World Environment Day 1978 Theme - "Development Without Destruction"
World Environment Day 1977 Theme - "Ozone Layer Environmental Concern; Lands Loss and Soil Degradation"
World Environment Day 1976 Theme - "Water: Vital Resource for Life"
World Environment Day 1975 Theme - "Human Settlements"
World Environment Day 1974 Theme - "Only one Earth"

Konservasi Burung Enggang: Sokongan Penduduk Parit 13 Meriah

Tanda Terima Kasih yang tidak terhingga kepada semua yang menyokong program sokongan awam dan konservasi burung enggang hasil inisiatif Prof Dr. Ahmad Ismail dari Universiti Putra Malaysia.
Ucapan-ucapan terima kasih dan sokongan aktiviti konservasi burung enggang di Kampung Parit 13, Sungai Panjang, Sabak Bernam, Selangor.

Burung enggang unik di Parit 13, Sungai Panjang, Sabak Bernam. Akibat dari tekanan ke atas habitat mereka sekitar Hutan Simpan Sungai Karang yang menjadi sumber air kawasan berkenaan dan tempat burung enggang bersarang dan membiak, mereka telah beradaptasi hidup di habitat manusia. Penduduk Parit 13 telah menunjukkan sifat yang positif menerima burung-burung ini dan membantu untuk mengembangbiak di tempat mereka.Walaupun begitu ada beberapa orang yang masih primitif ingin membunuh burung ini kerana kononnya menjadi musuh tanaman, boleh dijadikan ubat, mengganggu kehidupan harian mereka kerana mengeluarkan bunyi bising dan tidak penting dalam kehidupan manusia. Ada antara mereka yang dilaporkan mengganggu tempat burung enggang mengeram telur dan membesarkan anaknya.Projek kesedaran awam dan galakkan membiakan burung enggang ini dijalankan sejak lebih dua tahun dahulu. Lawatan dan perbincangan berkala dilakukan di kampung berkenaan dan kemudiannya dilakukan program kesedaran di kalangan kanak-kanak dan ibu bapa menerusi Tabika Kemas. Tok Sidang En Arifin Enan serta Penyelia Kemas menyokong aktiviti ini bersama Kemas. Hari ini satu lagi aktiviti berkenaan dijalankan atas permintaan penduduk. Sokongan penduduk Parit 13 ini boleh menjadi model antarabangsa sokongan penduduk dalam konservasi burung enggang yang terancam ini.

Pendaftaran kanak-kanak bagi pertandingan melukis dan mewarna burung enggang.

Kanak-kanak sedang mewarna gambar burung enggang sambil menghayati keindahan dan kepentingan konservasi burung enggang. Hasil aktiviti melukis dan mewarna yang mencungkil bakat, kreativiti, minat dan kesungguhan kanak-kanak abad ke 21.Aktiviti kuiz menunjukkan keberanian anak-anak mencuba.
Kanak-kanak bernasib baik dapat melihat sepasang burung enggang bersama dua anak mereka yang baru keluar dari sarang tempayan. Perhilitan juga turut menunjukkan pameran bagi kesedaran masyarakat tempatan tentang konservasi, konflik dan perlindungan hidupan liar.

Understanding Fundamental Research

Fundamental Research

What makes fundamental research different from other types of research?

Curiosity-driven

Fundamental research is typically curiosity-driven and researchers develop their curiosity through their observations. In science and technology, unexpected outcomes or practical problems are often at the basis of research into the most fundamental characteristics of nature. Fundamental research frequently leads to new insights into the essence of nature, the human mind, and the complex interactions between their elements. From this starting point, innovations, new developments and solutions to old problems emerge.

Multidisciplinary

In contrast to profit-driven research, such as most applied research and development work, fundamental research is usually unpredictable in terms of its course and outcomes. Fundamental research requires a special way of thinking that often combines seemingly unrelated facts and explores unknown fields necessary to make new discoveries. It is for this reason that cutting-edge, fundamental research is frequently multidisciplinary in nature.


Unconventional

Standardised methods, techniques and procedures that were developed to solve relatively clearly defined problems are generally not sufficient in fundamental research. A stroke of genius or an unconventional idea is usually needed to increase understanding of the environments, both natural and man-made, in which we live today. The talents necessary in fundamental research may be largely innate, but they do need a stable environment to develop.

Majlis Profesor Negara dilancar

PUTRAJAYA 1 April - Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak hari ini melancarkan Majlis Profesor Negara yang menggabungkan kepakaran 1,426 orang profesor dari seluruh institusi pengajian tinggi awam (IPTA) di negara ini.

Majlis tersebut berperanan membantu kerajaan dengan menyumbang input dalam pelbagai bidang khususnya untuk memperkukuhkan asas penggubalan dasar negara dan juga menjayakan Model Ekonomi Baru.

"Saya berharap Majlis Profesor Negara yang dilancarkan ini merupakan wadah untuk membina golongan Murabbi dalam konteks universiti moden yang semakin luas dan mencabar," kata beliau pada pelancaran majlis itu di Pusat Konvensyen Antarabangsa Putrajaya (PICC) di sini.

Murabbi, satu istilah Arab yang merujuk kepada tenaga pendidik yang bukan hanya mengajarkan sesuatu ilmu tetapi juga membentuk keperibadian, sikap dan tabiat anak didiknya.

Sempena pelancaran itu, Perdana Menteri turut menyampaikan watikah pelantikan kepada tiga pemimpin tertinggi serta ketua-ketua kluster Majlis Profesor Negara.

Berikut ialah senarai pemimpin dan ketua-ketua kluster dalam Majlis Profesor Negara:

# Pengerusi: Prof. Emeritus Datuk Dr. Zakri Abdul Hamid (USM)
# Timbalan Pengerusi : Prof. Datuk Dr. Shamsul Amri Baharuddin (UKM)
# Setiausaha: Prof. Dr. Raduan Che Rose (UPM)
# Ketua Kluster Governans, Perundangan dan Pengurusan Awam: Prof. Dr. Nik Ahmad Kamal Nik Mahmood (UIAM)
# Ketua Kluster Perubatan dan Sains Kesihatan: Prof. Dato' Dr. Mohd Amin Jalaludin (UM)
# Ketua Kluster Pendidikan dan Pembangunan Modal Insan: Prof. Dr. Zakaria Kasa (UPSI)
# Ketua Kluster Pertanian dan Keselamatan Makanan: Prof. Dr. Ghizan Saleh (UPM)
# Ketua Kluster Industri dan Inovasi: Prof. Dr. Mohamad Kamal Harun (UiTM)
# Ketua Kluster Politik, Keselamatan dan Hal Ehwal Antarabangsa: Prof. Dr. Mohamed Mustafa Ishak (UUM)
# Ketua Kluster Sains dan Matematik: Prof. Dr. Lim Koon Ong (USM)
# Ketua Kluster Sumber Asli dan Alam Sekitar: Prof. Datuk Dr. Ibrahim Komoo (UKM)
# Ketua Kluster Teknologi Maklumat dan Komunikasi: Prof. Datuk Dr. Halimah Badioze Zaman (UKM)
# Ketua Kluster Kejuruteraan dan Teknologi: Prof. Datuk Dr. Ahmad Darus (UTM)
# Ketua Kluster Sejarah, Warisan dan Sosiobudaya: Prof. Datuk Dr. Zainal Kling (UPSI)
# Ketua Kluster Pembangunan Sosial dan Kesejahteraan: Prof. Datuk Dr. Roziah Omar (UM)
# Ketua Kluster Ekonomi dan Kewangan: Prof. Datuk Dr. Noor Azlan Mohd Ghazali (UKM)
# Ketua Kluster Farmasi dan Sains Gunaan: Prof. Emeritus Dr. V. Navaratnam (USM)

Satu Malaysia semua kaum mesti ada wakil. Dilema negara antara profesionalism, akademik, meritokrasi dan politik? Apakah penanan yang dimainkan oleh profesor untuk rakyat? Katakan diagihkan bilangan profesor yang ada kepada negeri-negeri maka kita akan ada lebih seratus profesor boleh memberi khidmat, idea dan nasihat untuk pembangunan masyarakat setiap negeri di Malaysia. Bayangkan betapa profesor boleh membantu rakyat Malaysia bersedia untuk tahun 2020.Setiap profesor juga diberikan peruntukan kewangan untuk penyelidikan asas.