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Public and private coordination

• The environmental issues at Tasik Chini and its surrounding area continue to raise concerns at both
domestic and international levels. This is possible through collaboration and coordination between
relevant agencies, including stakeholders, which can be supported with recent innovations in land
use planning and monitoring technology.

• Collaborative management between the stakeholders and plantation company or mining company
will enable a win-win situation between the two groups. The departments, with their limited
resources, can use the help of the natives, and natives will be able to secure help and support from
the government in managing the lands to which they have rights. In this way, an environmentally
protected area can be created that will help survical of Tasik Chini.

• The ‘collaboratively managed protected areas’ (CMPA) should also be considered. CMPA is defined
as officially designated protected areas where decision making power is shared between state
agencies and other partners, including indigenous people and local communities, and/or NGOs and
individuals or private sector institutions (Kothari, 2012). The CMPA process has been implemented
in many countries with positive results.

Synergizing laws and authorities

• There is no specific law or regulation enacted to manage Tasik Chini’s environment, but there is
legislation that can be used to protect the lake and its surroundings.

• Protect Tasik Chini using the current available laws and legal instruments. There are at least 15
specific items of legislation relevant and applicable to environmental protection in Malaysia that can
be applied. For example National Forestry Act 1984, Wildlife Conservation Act 2010, Local
Government Act 1976 and orthers. However, the most comprehensive and significant
environmental legislation in Malaysia is the Environmental Quality Act 1974 and its Regulations.

• Each law and its accompanying department or authority should act together, rather than in silos.
Coordinated action by all departments concerned could provide Tasik Chini with all-inclusive

protection