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Related Agencies that are involved in
Agencies
Road laws and acts
Department of Environment (Jabatan Alam Sekitar (JAS))
The main function of the DOE is to prevent, eliminate, control pollution and improve the
environment, consistent with the purposes of the Environmental Quality Act 1974 and the
regulations there under DOE is also responsible for the implementation of the resolutions
decided by the conventions of the international environment such as Vienna Convention for
the protection of the Ozone Layer 1985, Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the
Ozone Layer, 1987, the Basel Convention on the Transboundary Movement of Hazardous
Waste and Their Disposal Act 1989 and other areas while the success of programs of bilateral
cooperation and multilateral cooperation between Indonesia, Singapore and other ASEAN
countries on environmental management.
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