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AIR POLLUTION




Malaysia is faced with dealing not only with pollution created by her own

development but also with trans-boundary pollution imported from her neighbours









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Background information Cause and Effects


According to National Geographic Recourse Library
Online, Pollution is the introduction of harmful materials The main cause of Malaysia air pollution is the

into the environment by harmful materials Trans-boundary pollution from Indonesia. Fires in
called pollutants. Product of burning, such as car Indonesia which produce a thick haze that drifts north
emissions and coal burning, or forest fires and volcanoes, from Sumatra and west from Borneo, blanketing

can lodge deep into human lung and blood tissue that risk Malaysia in smoke of choking haze. Indonesian fires are
of heart and lung diseases such as stroke to lung cancer. In primarily the result of Indonesian land owners’ activities

accordance with the World Health Organization's of “slash and burn” land clearing. The impacts from
guidelines, the air quality in Malaysia is considered these fires are hazardous to human health which causes
moderately unsafe - the most recent data indicates the widespread respiratory infections and premature deaths.

country's annual mean concentration of PM2.5 is 16 The fires have also devastated wildlife, threatening
µg/m3, which exceeds the recommended maximum of 10 biodiverse ecosystems, endangered species, including

µg/m3. It was reported that contributors to poor air quality Orangutans, have lost critical habitats. Many animals
in Malaysia, include transboundary haze from other have been sickened by the smoke, and the flames have
countries and industrial fuel burning, such as petroleum killed untold numbers. Another main cause of Malaysia

production and refining, rubber and palm oil processing,
vehicle emissions, and waste burning. Malaysia is faced air pollution is Carbon monoxide emission, a colourless

with dealing not only with pollution created by their own odourless toxic gas produced from vehicle emissions.
development but also with trans-boundary pollution Car ownership in Malaysia is the third highest in the
imported from their neighbours, witnessing Kuching, world, which resulting Malaysia suffers from major CO

Kuala Lumpur, Petaling Jaya, and Bayan Lepas have high pollution in major urban areas such as Kuala Lumpur.
levels of air pollution.

Solutions
Conclusion

In handling the issue of carbon monoxide pollution,

the government of Malaysia has introduced a range of air As a conclusion, all Malaysian, especially
quality control measures for vehicles that are in line with facility managers, innovators, building designers and

European standards. These include setting emission ceilings other built environment consultants should concern
for vehicles, improving fuel quality, reducing the use of with environmental protection and sustainability as to
diesel fuels, and promoting non-motorized forms of re-evaluate and reconsider national, local and

transport at the local level. The government of Malaysia has
also introduced the improved fuel quality which is less development policies and training activities.

pollutant. At the municipal level, local public transport and Malaysia cannot act alone in tackling this issue of air
non-motorised transport are promoted. The development of pollution and would need the full support,
environmentally sensitive urban transport is explained in cooperation and coordinated action from all of its

workshops for industry, media and universities. Solving the ASEAN neighbouring countries for the problem to
problems associated with trans-boundary pollution may not be solved in the longer term. International

be quite so easy. These will require international agreement agreements, even amongst more economically
and co-operation. Indonesia, as the main culprit for this developed countries regarding climate change, have a
pollution, needs to police more effectively the corporations,

farmers and regions of its country that are responsible. poor track record and history (think Copenhagen,
Malaysia needs to joined forces with Indonesia to tackle Kyoto and more recently Paris).

this transnational problem. In the longer-term Indonesia
will need to investigate how it can adapt its agricultural (606 words)
systems to be an eco-friendly.

ISSUE STATEMENT

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

BACKGROUND INFORMATION










Malaysia is faced with dealing not

only with pollution created by her

own development but also with

trans-boundary pollution imported

from her neighbours, witnessing

Kuching, Kuala Lumpur, Petaling Jaya,


and Bayan Lepas have high levels of

air pollution.

BACKGROUND INFORMATION








Malaysia is faced with dealing not


only with pollution created by her

own development but also with trans-


boundary pollution imported from her


neighbours, witnessing Kuching, Kuala

Lumpur, Petaling Jaya, and Bayan Lepas


have high levels of air pollution.

CAUSE















The main cause of Malaysia air

pollution is the Trans-boundary

pollution from Indonesia. Fires in

Indonesia which produce a thick

haze that drifts north from

Sumatra and west from Borneo,

blanketing Malaysia in smoke of

choking haze.









https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2015/12/01/in
donesias-fire-and-haze-crisis

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