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60878
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WWF-MALAYSIA HAILS GOVT COMMITMENT IN CTI
KUALA LUMPUR, May 16 (Bernama) -- World Wide Fund for Nature-Malaysia
(WWF-Malaysia) has congratulated the Malaysian Government for signing a
declaration and agreeing to be an active participant of the Coral Triangle
Initiative.
WWF-Malaysia in a statement here Friday said Prime Minister Najib Razak
together with Heads of State of five other countries of the region, signed a
Declaration to emphasize Malaysia's commitment to manage and conserve the living
marine resources of the Coral Triangle, in Manado, North Sulawesi, Friday.
"The Coral Triangle is considered to be the most biologically diverse and
the richest marine resource area in the world," WWF-Malaysia said.
The six countries involved in the unique and noble venture are Indonesia,
Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands and Timor Leste.
It said as part of the Declaration, a Regional Plan of Action with five
major goals was adopted.
Among the important issues the Plan of Action will address are food security
and poverty reduction, along with the conversation of endangered marine species
and sustainable management of living marine resources, it said.
"WWF-Malaysia together with other NGOs assisted in drafting the Regional
Plan of Action and we are looking forward to supporting our Government in
finalizing our own National Plan of Action emphasizing sustainable fishing,
creating more MPAs (Marine Protected Areas) with good management practices,
conservation of endangered marine species, such as marine turtles, and the
impact of climate change on the marine eco-systems and the fishing sector," it
said.
WWF-Malaysia in collaboration with the Department of Fisheries Malaysia and
Sabah is working on establishing the ecosystem approach as a tool for fisheries
resource management, considering that the demersal fish stock in Malaysia's
territorial and EEZ waters has declined drastically in the last 35 years.
It said it would continue to support the Department of Fisheries and
partners to implement the National Plan of Action for Marine Turtles which was
launched in November 2008.
WWF-Malaysia has called on the Malaysian Government to allocate more
resources to the relevant government authorities to implement activities which
would fulfil the country's obligation under the Coral Triangle Initiative
Declaration, and more importantly to achieve its own national policies to manage
and conserve Malaysia's marine environment, to provide food security and to
eradicate poverty.
-- BERNAMA
(WWF-Malaysia) has congratulated the Malaysian Government for signing a
declaration and agreeing to be an active participant of the Coral Triangle
Initiative.
WWF-Malaysia in a statement here Friday said Prime Minister Najib Razak
together with Heads of State of five other countries of the region, signed a
Declaration to emphasize Malaysia's commitment to manage and conserve the living
marine resources of the Coral Triangle, in Manado, North Sulawesi, Friday.
"The Coral Triangle is considered to be the most biologically diverse and
the richest marine resource area in the world," WWF-Malaysia said.
The six countries involved in the unique and noble venture are Indonesia,
Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands and Timor Leste.
It said as part of the Declaration, a Regional Plan of Action with five
major goals was adopted.
Among the important issues the Plan of Action will address are food security
and poverty reduction, along with the conversation of endangered marine species
and sustainable management of living marine resources, it said.
"WWF-Malaysia together with other NGOs assisted in drafting the Regional
Plan of Action and we are looking forward to supporting our Government in
finalizing our own National Plan of Action emphasizing sustainable fishing,
creating more MPAs (Marine Protected Areas) with good management practices,
conservation of endangered marine species, such as marine turtles, and the
impact of climate change on the marine eco-systems and the fishing sector," it
said.
WWF-Malaysia in collaboration with the Department of Fisheries Malaysia and
Sabah is working on establishing the ecosystem approach as a tool for fisheries
resource management, considering that the demersal fish stock in Malaysia's
territorial and EEZ waters has declined drastically in the last 35 years.
It said it would continue to support the Department of Fisheries and
partners to implement the National Plan of Action for Marine Turtles which was
launched in November 2008.
WWF-Malaysia has called on the Malaysian Government to allocate more
resources to the relevant government authorities to implement activities which
would fulfil the country's obligation under the Coral Triangle Initiative
Declaration, and more importantly to achieve its own national policies to manage
and conserve Malaysia's marine environment, to provide food security and to
eradicate poverty.
-- BERNAMA
