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Achieving sustainable coastal environment in Langkawi, Malaysia

Despite many good policies and institutions, the coastal environment of Langkawi continues to deteriorate. This could be due to lack of effective governance as well as unregulated waste discharge. Evidences collected from the literature during 1996 to 2013 also revealed a significant increase in the...

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Main Authors: Mazlin, Mokhtar *, Minhaz, Farid Ahmed, Lee, Khai Ern *, Lubna, Alam, Goh, Choo Ta, Rahmah, Elfithri, Jamil, Tajam, Wong, Anthony Kim Hooi
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Language:English
Published: University of Sabah Malaysia 2017
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V Naval Science (General)
Online Access:http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/949/1/Mokhtar%20Achieving%20Sustainable.pdf
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spelling my.sunway.eprints.9492018-12-07T06:16:53Z http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/949/ Achieving sustainable coastal environment in Langkawi, Malaysia Mazlin, Mokhtar * Minhaz, Farid Ahmed Lee, Khai Ern * Lubna, Alam Goh, Choo Ta Rahmah, Elfithri Jamil, Tajam Wong, Anthony Kim Hooi V Naval Science (General) Despite many good policies and institutions, the coastal environment of Langkawi continues to deteriorate. This could be due to lack of effective governance as well as unregulated waste discharge. Evidences collected from the literature during 1996 to 2013 also revealed a significant increase in the concentrations of Zn (R2 = 0.78) and Pb (R2 = 0.12) in the sediment. This appears to be the result of large volume of terrestrial runoff that brings these metals originating from extensive anthropogenic activities. It is a vital indicator of coastal pollution. It is a matter of concern that in many cases Pb concentration in the sediment exceeded the world average value 20 µg/g as well as Canadian Interim Sediment Quality Standard of 35 µg/g for the coastal areas. Similarly, the metal pollution index (MPI) measured over a period of 2007 to 2009 in fish also indicated an increasing trend of pollution in Langkawi. The maximum MPI value (4.87) was recorded in Spanish mackerel. Since pollution of coastal environment has serious implications for marine biodiversity and health of seafood consumers, measures are required to address this problem. Use of constructed wetland might be effective in reducing the coastal pollution as this will filter the effluent and waste before their mixing with the coastal water. Furthermore, enabling the stakeholders to play the environmental stewardship role will ensure better governance of coastal ecosystem and effective implementation of policies, envisaging an improved monitoring of waste/effluent discharge into the coastal marine environment. These measures are among the actions necessary for achieving a sustainable coastal environment of Langkawi. University of Sabah Malaysia 2017-12-11 Article PeerReviewed text en cc_by_4 http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/949/1/Mokhtar%20Achieving%20Sustainable.pdf Mazlin, Mokhtar * and Minhaz, Farid Ahmed and Lee, Khai Ern * and Lubna, Alam and Goh, Choo Ta and Rahmah, Elfithri and Jamil, Tajam and Wong, Anthony Kim Hooi (2017) Achieving sustainable coastal environment in Langkawi, Malaysia. Borneo Journal of Marine Science and Aquaculture, 1. https://jurcon.ums.edu.my/ojums/index.php/BJoMSA/article/view/985
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topic V Naval Science (General)
spellingShingle V Naval Science (General)
Mazlin, Mokhtar *
Minhaz, Farid Ahmed
Lee, Khai Ern *
Lubna, Alam
Goh, Choo Ta
Rahmah, Elfithri
Jamil, Tajam
Wong, Anthony Kim Hooi
Achieving sustainable coastal environment in Langkawi, Malaysia
description Despite many good policies and institutions, the coastal environment of Langkawi continues to deteriorate. This could be due to lack of effective governance as well as unregulated waste discharge. Evidences collected from the literature during 1996 to 2013 also revealed a significant increase in the concentrations of Zn (R2 = 0.78) and Pb (R2 = 0.12) in the sediment. This appears to be the result of large volume of terrestrial runoff that brings these metals originating from extensive anthropogenic activities. It is a vital indicator of coastal pollution. It is a matter of concern that in many cases Pb concentration in the sediment exceeded the world average value 20 µg/g as well as Canadian Interim Sediment Quality Standard of 35 µg/g for the coastal areas. Similarly, the metal pollution index (MPI) measured over a period of 2007 to 2009 in fish also indicated an increasing trend of pollution in Langkawi. The maximum MPI value (4.87) was recorded in Spanish mackerel. Since pollution of coastal environment has serious implications for marine biodiversity and health of seafood consumers, measures are required to address this problem. Use of constructed wetland might be effective in reducing the coastal pollution as this will filter the effluent and waste before their mixing with the coastal water. Furthermore, enabling the stakeholders to play the environmental stewardship role will ensure better governance of coastal ecosystem and effective implementation of policies, envisaging an improved monitoring of waste/effluent discharge into the coastal marine environment. These measures are among the actions necessary for achieving a sustainable coastal environment of Langkawi.
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author Mazlin, Mokhtar *
Minhaz, Farid Ahmed
Lee, Khai Ern *
Lubna, Alam
Goh, Choo Ta
Rahmah, Elfithri
Jamil, Tajam
Wong, Anthony Kim Hooi
author_facet Mazlin, Mokhtar *
Minhaz, Farid Ahmed
Lee, Khai Ern *
Lubna, Alam
Goh, Choo Ta
Rahmah, Elfithri
Jamil, Tajam
Wong, Anthony Kim Hooi
author_sort Mazlin, Mokhtar *
title Achieving sustainable coastal environment in Langkawi, Malaysia
title_short Achieving sustainable coastal environment in Langkawi, Malaysia
title_full Achieving sustainable coastal environment in Langkawi, Malaysia
title_fullStr Achieving sustainable coastal environment in Langkawi, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Achieving sustainable coastal environment in Langkawi, Malaysia
title_sort achieving sustainable coastal environment in langkawi, malaysia
publisher University of Sabah Malaysia
publishDate 2017
url http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/949/1/Mokhtar%20Achieving%20Sustainable.pdf
http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/949/
https://jurcon.ums.edu.my/ojums/index.php/BJoMSA/article/view/985
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