More policies and laws, is it better for biodiversity conservation in Malaysia?
Abstract Malaysia is a megadiverse country, and it ratified the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in 1994. Since then, Malaysia has initiated procedures to fulfill its obligations to this multilateral environmental agreement. Among the key developments are the formulation of national biodiver...
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| description | Abstract Malaysia is a megadiverse country, and it ratified the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in 1994. Since then, Malaysia has initiated procedures to fulfill its obligations to this multilateral environmental agreement. Among the key developments are the formulation of national biodiversity policies and mainstreaming biodiversity in Malaysia. Drafting biodiversity‐related policies and laws across different sectors is a means to an end in conserving biodiversity. However, the declining forest cover and the relatively high number of threatened species in Malaysia may indicate that biodiversity conservation is not working. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-92054d0c443e4a2a9e87d5764b4cae9b2022-12-22T00:05:29ZengWileyConservation Science and Practice2578-48542020-08-0128n/an/a10.1111/csp2.235More policies and laws, is it better for biodiversity conservation in Malaysia?Pei Sin Tong0Faculty of Science Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman Perak MalaysiaAbstract Malaysia is a megadiverse country, and it ratified the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in 1994. Since then, Malaysia has initiated procedures to fulfill its obligations to this multilateral environmental agreement. Among the key developments are the formulation of national biodiversity policies and mainstreaming biodiversity in Malaysia. Drafting biodiversity‐related policies and laws across different sectors is a means to an end in conserving biodiversity. However, the declining forest cover and the relatively high number of threatened species in Malaysia may indicate that biodiversity conservation is not working.https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.235biodiversity lawsbiodiversity policiesconvention on biological diversitygovernanceMalaysia |
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| title | More policies and laws, is it better for biodiversity conservation in Malaysia? |
| title_full | More policies and laws, is it better for biodiversity conservation in Malaysia? |
| title_fullStr | More policies and laws, is it better for biodiversity conservation in Malaysia? |
| title_full_unstemmed | More policies and laws, is it better for biodiversity conservation in Malaysia? |
| title_short | More policies and laws, is it better for biodiversity conservation in Malaysia? |
| title_sort | more policies and laws is it better for biodiversity conservation in malaysia |
| topic | biodiversity laws biodiversity policies convention on biological diversity governance Malaysia |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.235 |
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