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A comparative study between mainland and islander small-scale fishermen’s adaptation towards climate change
(Springer, 2020) Asnarulkhadi Abu Samah; Hayrol Azril Mohamed Shaffril
The existing literature have demonstrated a considerable amount of existing studies that merely interest on scientific perspectives by examining the physical environmental changes rather than conducting social-based studies that allow for the comparison of adaptation ability between mainland and island small-scale fishermen. Therefore, the current research attempts to fill this gap by investigating the adaptation level of mainland and island small-scale fishermen towards climate changes for the purpose of further identifying any significant differences regarding their adaptation aspects.
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A Comparative Study on Renewable Energy Policies between Japan and Malaysia
(IOP Publishing, 2022) YongHua Tang; Abby Choo; TeckChai Lau; WenTong Chong; KokHoe Wong
This paper presents a comparative study of RE policies between Japan and Malaysia, with the RE policies of both countries being analysed and presented chronologically. Moreover, the factors that contributed to the effectiveness of the policy and the measures thatcan be taken to overcome the shortcomings of the policies are elaborated.
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A Contribution to Trees and Shrubs Checklist in Kuala Keniam at Taman Negara, Pahang, Malaysia
(IOP Publishing, 2022) Ahmad Fitri Z; Nik Hazlan N H; M Kusin; Faezah P; Asmida I; S N Sarmin; Engku Azlin Rahayu Engku Ariff; T T M Z Hashim; Syarifah Haniera S K; S A K Yamani; Nazip S; Nik Norafida N A; Nizam M S; Latiff A
The forested area around Kuala Keniam is a part of Taman Negara (Pahang) and is categorized as a primary lowland dipterocarp, riparian fringe and limestone forests. A study of flora that focuses on the trees and shrubs was conducted during the scientific expedition in September 2020, organised by Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM). The results identified as many as 187 taxa of trees and shrubs consisting of 124 genera and 49 plant families from the lowland dipterocarp forest. A total of nine endemic taxa to Peninsular Malaysia were also recorded namely Aporosa globifera, Baccaurea pyriformis, Cinnamomum mollissimum, Enicosanthum fuscum, Lithocarpus curtisii, Mallotus griffithianus, M. penangensis, Ryparosa fasciculata and Schoutenia kunstleri. Another three taxa viz. Elaeocarpus obtusatus ssp. apiculatus, Popowia tomentosa and Sterculia rubiginosa var. setistipula were considered as the new additional record for Pahang state. It is hoped that the information from this study can be used as references to help other researchers as well as stakeholders in ecotourism management and forest conservation plan.
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A Review of Plastic-derived Diesel Fuel as a Renewable Fuel for Internal Combustion Engines: Applications, Challenges, and Global Potential
(IOP Publishing, 2022) Wan Nurdiyana Wan Mansor1; Nurul Ashraf Razali; Samsuri Abdullah; Mohammad Nor Khasbi Jarkoni; Anis Busrya Eddy Sharin; Nurul Huda Abd Kadir; Aima Ramli; How-Ran Chao; Sheng-Lun Lin; Juliana Jalaludin
One possible technique to address landfill issues is to convert plastic waste into diesel fuel. In this review, the potential use of plastic-derived diesel fuel in internal combustion engines as a renewable and sustainable energy source is discussed.
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A Review on Food Security Policy on Agriculture and Food in Sabah, Malaysia
(IOP Publishing, 2022) Suraya Abdul Sani; Noor Dzuhaidah Osman; Erni Marlina Saari; Wan Abdul Rahman Wan Idrus
This paper seeks to uncover Malaysia's relevant and current agriculture and food security policies to identify meeting points to achieve food security goals and objectives in the future. This is also in line with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and in addition to maintaining the most fundamental human rights of the right to food. While there are many issues relating to agriculture, particularly concerning the advancement of science and technology, it is for the longterm benefits of food security for the population that local and indigenous people should embrace. This article adopts doctrinal method in analysing the policies by examining primaryand secondary sources of laws and regulations and thus establishing common grounds for those two related areas of agriculture and food security.
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A study on construction waste management of a refurbishment project in Kuala Lumpur
(Faculty of Science, Universiti Malaya, 2006) Lee Yee Yie; Noor Zalina Mahmood
Construction waste management is an important environmental issue. The huge volume and various compositions of construction waste have made its disposal a serious problem because it leads to environmental impacts such as landfill space and resource depletion. Greater concerns must be given to construction waste generation and management to reduce its burden to the environment. A refurbishment project site situated in Kuala Lumpur was selected for the study by regular site visits and initial environmental review (IER) was conducted to gather information on site activities and waste management practice. Environmental aspects and impacts caused by construction waste management were identified and their significance was assessed quantitatively and qualitatively. Four on-site sorting schemes were proposed and their practicality was discussed.
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A Systematic Review on Linking Community Livelihood in Social Forestry with Food Security
(IOP Publishing, 2022) H Yahya; H Mohd Amir; W Lintangah; D D Mohd Hamdan; F Mohd Fadzwi; G J Thomas
The study aims to address the gap from an overview of community livelihood and food security in various Asian countries. The studyretrieved approximately 142 articles from different databases and filtered 71, highlighting 30 case studies related to social forestry and food security, published between 2010 and 2021 cross schemes in Asia. The key indicators of community livelihood and food security mainly stated access to forest area, consumption of forest resources and non-timber forest products.
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Active pharmaceutical ingredients in Malaysian drinking water: consumption, exposure, and human health risk
(Springer, 2020) Sze Yee Wee; Didi Erwandi Mohamad Haron; Ahmad Zaharin Aris; Fatimah Md. Yusoff; Sarva Mangala Praveena
Active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) are typical endocrine disruptors found in common pharmaceuticals and personal care products, which are frequently detected in aquatic environments, especially surface water treated for drinking. However, current treatment technologies are inefficient for removing emerging endocrine disruptors, leading to the potential contamination of tap water. This study employed an optimized analytical method comprising solid-phase extraction and liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry (SPE–LC–MS/MS) to detect APIs in tap water in Putrajaya, Malaysia.
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Adaptation towards climate change impacts among highland farmers in Malaysia
(Springer, 2020) Hayrol Azril Mohamed Shaffril; Khairuddin Idris; Hamizah Sahharon; Asnarulkhadi Abu Samah; Bahaman Abu Samah
This study aims to gain more understanding on highland farmers’ adaptation towards the impacts of climate change in Malaysia. Via a multi-stage cluster sampling, this quantitative study has surveyed a total of 400 highland farmers as respondents.
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Adoption of TiO2-photocatalysis for palm oil mill effluent (POME) treatment: Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats (SWOT) and its practicality against traditional treatment in Malaysia
(Elsevier, 2021) Kim Hoong Ng
The technical feasibility of TiO2-photocatalysis towards palm oil mill effluent (POME) treatment is well-proven in previous studies. As a continuity, current study evaluated the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) in a concise manner, subsequently discussed its practicality in palm oil industry of Malaysia. Indeed, TiO2-photocatalysis displays a promising technical feasibility in treating POME, but its wide application is economically-suppressed.
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Adsorptive removal of malachite green dye using durian seed-based activated carbon
(Springer, 2014) Mohd Azmier Ahmad; Norhidayah Ahmad; Olugbenga Solomon Bello
Chemically prepared activated carbon derived from durian seed (DSAC) was used as adsorbent to adsorb Malachite green (MG) dye. The prepared DSAC was characterized using Brunauer-Emmet-Teller(BET), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR), scanning electron microscope (SEM), and proximate analysis,respectively. Batch adsorption studies were carried out for the removal of MG dye from aqueous solutions by varying operational parameters like contact time, initial MG dye concentration, solution temperature, and initial solution pH. Maximum dye removal of 97 % was obtained at pH 8. This work provided an attractive adsorbent for the removal of MG dye from wastewaters.
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Air pollution and cardiorespiratory hospitalization, predictive modeling, and analysis using artificial intelligence techniques
(Springer, 2021) Raja Sher Afgun Usmani; Thulasyammal Ramiah Pillai; Ibrahim Abaker Targio Hashem; Mohsen Marjani; Rafiza Shaharudin; Mohd Talib Latif
This study aims to investigate the association between cardiorespiratory hospitalization and air pollution, and predict cardiorespiratory hospitalization based on air pollution using the artificial intelligence (AI) techniques.
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Air pollution and its health impacts in Malaysia: a review
(Springer, 2020) Raja Sher Afgun Usmani; Anum Saeed; kibu Mahmoud Abdullahi Thulasyammal Ramiah Pillai; Noor Zaman Jhanjhi; Ibrahim Abaker Targio Hashem
Air pollution is strongly tied to climate change. Industrialization and fossil fuel combustion are the main contributors leading to climate change, also being significant sources of air pollution. Malaysia is a developing country with a focus on industrialization. The preference of using private cars is a common practice in Malaysia, resulting in the after-effects of haze and transboundary air pollution. Hence, air pollution has become a severe issue in Malaysia in recent times. Exposure to air pollutants such as ozone and airborne particles is associated with increases in hospital admissions and mortality. For the past few years, the focus of the research is moving towards air quality and the impacts of air pollution on health in Malaysia. In this study, we establish the definition of air pollution, the motivation to study it, and its impacts and sources of air pollution and climate change.
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Air pollution, cardiovascular and respiratory admissions in Klang Valley, Malaysia-Finding the Effects
(Technoscience Publications, 2022) W. M. W. Rozita; S. Zamtira; FI. Mohd; T. L. Mohd; I. A. Nurul; I. A. W. Muhammad; S. Mazrura
This study aims to determine the association and risk of daily fluctuations of air pollution parameters in Klang Valley, Malaysia, with cardiovascular and respiratory admissions. The data on admissions and air pollution concentrations were obtained from various government agencies in Malaysia. The associations were estimated using a time series analysis of Poisson regression. The effects for every 10µ/m3 increase in pollutants were reported as Relative Risk (RR).
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Air Quality-related human health in an urban region. Case study: State of Selangor, Malaysia
(Thai Society of Higher Eduation Institutes on Environment, 2018) Nurul Ashikin Mabahwi; Oliver Ling Hoon Leh1; Siti Nur Afiqah Mohamed Musthafa; Kadaruddin Aiyub
The urban region with high traffic volume and high density developments contributed to the decreasing of air quality. Air pollution is a major environmental risk to health and exposure to ambient air pollution has been associated with a series of adverse health effects including respiratory system. Previous scholars found a significant link between respiratory disease and air pollution. However, due to the limited study in the regional context, this study is needed to find the relationship between air quality and human health in the regional context, especially in Malaysia.
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Airborne particles in the city center of Kuala Lumpur: Origin, potential driving factors, and deposition flux in human respiratory airways
(Elsevier, 2019) Md Firoz Khan; Ahmad Hazuwan Hamid; Md Aynul Bari; Abdul Basit Ahmad Tajudin; Mohd Talib Latif; Mohd Shahrul Mohd Nadzir; Mazrura Sahani; Muhammad Ikram A. Wahab; Yusri Yusup; Khairul Nizam Abdul Maulud; Mohd Famey Yusoff; Nowshad Amin; Md Akhtaruzzaman; Warren Kindzierski; Prashant Kumar
Equatorial warming conditions in urban areas can influence the particle number concentrations (PNCs), but studies assessing such factors are limited. The aim of this study was to evaluate the level of size-resolved PNCs, their potential deposition rate in the human respiratory system, and probable local and transboundary inputs of PNCs in Kuala Lumpur.
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An Assessment of Green Rural Road Criteria and Elements for My Green Rural Road Index: A Case Study in Pengerang, Johor
(IOP Publishing, 2022) N A Mustafa; V Munikanan; R Zakaria; E Aminudin; S Langie; J A Adzar; M H S Abd Rashid; S M Shamsudin; S Z Sooria; M M Hassan
The main aim of this study is to build tools to evaluate and declare green rural roads in Malaysia. The data for this study were gathered through group discussions with road construction experts and distributed questionnaires to identify sustainability factors. Then the data were analysed by factor analysis method using SPSS software.
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An assessment of tourist knowledge and awareness level towards the environment in Tunku Abdul Rahman Park, Malaysia
(UiTM Press, 2021) Nasrulhakim Maidin; B. Mabel Manjaji-Matsumoto; M. Rafiee Asdari
Tunku Abdul Rahman Park (TARP) is the first Marine Protected Area gazetted in Sabah, Malaysia in 1974. TARP has been flooded by tourists receiving more than 500,000 tourists in 2018 and 2019. It is clear that tourism activity in TARP is one of the major contributions to anthropogenic disturbance. In this study, we assessed the level of awareness and knowledge of the marine environment among tourists in TARP. Briefings by tour guides or companies were also assessed.
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An LCA-Based Environmental Performance of Rice Production for Developing a Sustainable Agri-Food System in Malaysia
(Springer, 2020) Siti Norliyana Harun; Marlia M. Hanafiah; Nur Izzah Hamna Abd. Aziz
This study aims to assess the environmental impacts of conventional and organic rice cultivations and proposes a sustainable conceptual framework of rice farming based on the life cycle assessment (LCA) approach.
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Analisis Kemudahterancaman Pesawah Padi di Kawasan Pembangunan Bersepadu Terengganu Utara, Malaysia
(Penerbit UKM, 2016) Muhammad Yasar; Chamhuri Siwar Rospidah Ghazali
Salah satu cabaran dalam pembangunan sektor pertanian padi adalah tingginya tingkat kemudahterancaman sektor ini sama ada dari segi ekonomi, ekologi mauhupun sosial sehingga berimpak kepada semakin berkurangnya minat petani untuk menceburi kerjaya ini. Oleh itu kajian bertujuan untuk menentukan model kemudahterancaman petani padi di Kawasan Pembangunan Pertanian Bersepadu Terengganu Utara (IADA KETARA) Malaysia agar faktor-faktor kemudahterancaman tersebut dapat dikenal pasti dan dikawal dengan baik demi tercapainya matlamat kelestarian pertanian padi. Faktor kemudahterancaman ditentukan berdasarkan tiga konstruk iaitu: Perubahan Iklim (PIK), Perubahan Ekonomi (PEK) dan Perubahan Sosial (PSO).