Water and Environmental Sustainability Education Linked with Ecotourism in Langkawi Geopark, Malaysia: Initiative Towards Sustainable Development (original) (raw)

PSN: Other Domestic Development Strategies (Topic), 2018

Abstract

Project on Water and Environmental Sustainability Education linked with Ecotourism in Langkawi Geopark, Malaysia is an initiative carried out by LESTARI, UKM under the UNESCO framework of "Science Harnessed for ASEAN Regional Policy (SHARP)” with Malaysian Fund In Trust (MFIT) financial assistance. Sustainability science as a new emerging field can be a tool to solve a complex environmental anthropogenic issue by promoting an integrated approach of various disciplines, multi scale and across stakeholder. It is a problem driven and solution oriented approach in creating a sustainable society requires the problem solving skills. Thus the establishment of sustainability science demo site in Langkawi Geopark involved integration of the sustainability science concepts into natural resource management frameworks and processes for supporting opportunities for more sustainable and resilient future. This initiative is linked with Education, Ecotourism, Geopark and Local Stakeholders and...

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