Balancing marine environmental protection and global trade: regulating maritime sector in Malaysia
It is acknowledged that maritime sector is the backbone of international trade with around 80 percent global trade is carried by sea. Similar to many other maritime nations, Malaysia is relying on the growth of its maritime sector to facilitate its global trade and related activities. However, in th...
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| author | Mustafa, Maizatun Hamid, Abdul Ghafur@Khin Maung Sein Rusli, Mohd Hazmi |
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| description | It is acknowledged that maritime sector is the backbone of international trade with around 80 percent global trade is carried by sea. Similar to many other maritime nations, Malaysia is relying on the growth of its maritime sector to facilitate its global trade and related activities. However, in the overall context of sustainable development, the main concern for Malaysia and elsewhere is relating to the impact of the maritime sector on the environment. If left unregulated, any unsustainable practices are likely to intensify, increasing the potential for global environmental issue, and undermining progress being made on sustainable development. Reflecting this new reality, Malaysia must ensure that the growth of its maritime sector takes into account environmental consideration. This article is about steps taken by Malaysia to balance marine environmental protection and global trade by means of enhancing its maritime sector’s environmentally sustainable practices. This article looks at the existing domestic and international environmental law relevant to maritime sector, examines issues concerning the implementation of these laws, and suggests the way forward. Significantly, such effort can be used as reference and comparison by other maritime nations to develop relevant policies and measures especially for developing countries. |
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| spelling | iium-409282017-06-08T07:17:34Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/40928/ Balancing marine environmental protection and global trade: regulating maritime sector in Malaysia Mustafa, Maizatun Hamid, Abdul Ghafur@Khin Maung Sein Rusli, Mohd Hazmi KBP3127 Environmental law It is acknowledged that maritime sector is the backbone of international trade with around 80 percent global trade is carried by sea. Similar to many other maritime nations, Malaysia is relying on the growth of its maritime sector to facilitate its global trade and related activities. However, in the overall context of sustainable development, the main concern for Malaysia and elsewhere is relating to the impact of the maritime sector on the environment. If left unregulated, any unsustainable practices are likely to intensify, increasing the potential for global environmental issue, and undermining progress being made on sustainable development. Reflecting this new reality, Malaysia must ensure that the growth of its maritime sector takes into account environmental consideration. This article is about steps taken by Malaysia to balance marine environmental protection and global trade by means of enhancing its maritime sector’s environmentally sustainable practices. This article looks at the existing domestic and international environmental law relevant to maritime sector, examines issues concerning the implementation of these laws, and suggests the way forward. Significantly, such effort can be used as reference and comparison by other maritime nations to develop relevant policies and measures especially for developing countries. International Research Conference on Business, Economics and Social Sciences 2014 Proceeding Paper PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/40928/1/40928_BALANCING%20MARINE.pdf Mustafa, Maizatun and Hamid, Abdul Ghafur@Khin Maung Sein and Rusli, Mohd Hazmi (2014) Balancing marine environmental protection and global trade: regulating maritime sector in Malaysia. In: International Research Conference on Business, Economics and Social Sciences, IRC-2014, 21st-22nd Sept. 2014, Istanbul, Turkey. http://www.ircconferences.com//_admin/pages_files/22/Book%20of%20Proceedings,%20Istanbul-Turkey.pdf |
| spellingShingle | KBP3127 Environmental law Mustafa, Maizatun Hamid, Abdul Ghafur@Khin Maung Sein Rusli, Mohd Hazmi Balancing marine environmental protection and global trade: regulating maritime sector in Malaysia |
| title | Balancing marine environmental protection and global trade: regulating maritime sector in Malaysia |
| title_full | Balancing marine environmental protection and global trade: regulating maritime sector in Malaysia |
| title_fullStr | Balancing marine environmental protection and global trade: regulating maritime sector in Malaysia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Balancing marine environmental protection and global trade: regulating maritime sector in Malaysia |
| title_short | Balancing marine environmental protection and global trade: regulating maritime sector in Malaysia |
| title_sort | balancing marine environmental protection and global trade: regulating maritime sector in malaysia |
| topic | KBP3127 Environmental law |
| url | http://irep.iium.edu.my/40928/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/40928/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/40928/1/40928_BALANCING%20MARINE.pdf |