{"id":1674,"date":"2022-05-11T09:39:48","date_gmt":"2022-05-11T01:39:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.akademisains.gov.my\/ar21\/?p=1674"},"modified":"2022-05-28T03:22:30","modified_gmt":"2022-05-27T19:22:30","slug":"restoration-of-tasik-chini","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.akademisains.gov.my\/ar21\/restoration-of-tasik-chini\/","title":{"rendered":"Restoration of Tasik Chini"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The sustainability of the Tasik Chini Basin (TCB) and Tasik Chini Biosphere Reserve (TCBR) is crucial to support various ecosystem services including recreation, biodiversity conservation, carbon storage, water quality protection, wetlands conservation, flood control as well as local climate regulation. However,\u00a0 TCB &amp; TCBR are continuously and increasingly threatened by human activities, leading to significant deterioration of their conditions.<\/p>\n<p>Professor Dato\u2019 Dr Mohd Tajuddin Abdullah FASc was appointed to lead the Task Force on Tasik Chini. The Task Force will prepare a strategic advisory paper to restore TCB and TCBR ecosystem as well as recommend strategic governance intervention measures necessary for their sustainability.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Study objectives:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">To evaluate <\/span><\/strong>related governance instruments on TCB.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">To review <\/span><\/strong>and determine the impacts to socioeconomic sustainability due to the threats and risks of existing and planned development for TCB.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">To diagnose <\/span><\/strong>the extent of environmental damage (water &amp; soil) with rapid assessment techniques.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">To recommend <\/span><\/strong>appropriate restoration approaches to accelerate recovery process.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">To provide<\/span><\/strong> a brief review on the ecosystem &amp; biodiversity status in TCB.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p class=\"p1\">For this, four study scopes have been outlined in the discussion on TCB and TCBR sustainability;<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;]<div class=\"icon_box icon_position_top no_border\"><div class=\"image_wrapper\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"scale-with-grid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.akademisains.gov.my\/ar21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2022\/05\/chini-1.png\" alt=\"chini-1\" width=\"242\" height=\"242\"\/><\/div><div class=\"desc_wrapper\"><h4 class=\"title \">Governance<\/h4><\/div><\/div>\n[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;]<div class=\"icon_box icon_position_top no_border\"><div class=\"image_wrapper\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"scale-with-grid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.akademisains.gov.my\/ar21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2022\/05\/chini-4.png\" alt=\"chini-4\" width=\"170\" height=\"180\"\/><\/div><div class=\"desc_wrapper\"><h4 class=\"title \">Physical<\/h4><\/div><\/div>\n[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;]<div class=\"icon_box icon_position_top no_border\"><div class=\"image_wrapper\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"scale-with-grid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.akademisains.gov.my\/ar21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2022\/05\/chini-3.png\" alt=\"chini-3\" width=\"167\" height=\"180\"\/><\/div><div class=\"desc_wrapper\"><h4 class=\"title \">Biological<\/h4><\/div><\/div>\n[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;]<div class=\"icon_box icon_position_top no_border\"><div class=\"image_wrapper\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"scale-with-grid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.akademisains.gov.my\/ar21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2022\/05\/chini-2.png\" alt=\"chini-2\" width=\"212\" height=\"212\"\/><\/div><div class=\"desc_wrapper\"><h4 class=\"title \">Socio-economic Domains<\/h4><\/div><\/div>\n[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]Expected to be completed by August 2022,\u00a0the recommendations from this Strategic Advisory Report will use STI to complement existing initiatives to positively influence plans related to TCB and TCBR and to pave a way for development without sacrificing our environment.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The sustainability of the Tasik Chini Basin (TCB) and Tasik Chini Biosphere Reserve (TCBR) is crucial to support various ecosystem services including recreation, biodiversity conservation, carbon<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sap"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akademisains.gov.my\/ar21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1674","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akademisains.gov.my\/ar21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akademisains.gov.my\/ar21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akademisains.gov.my\/ar21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akademisains.gov.my\/ar21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1674"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.akademisains.gov.my\/ar21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1674\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1952,"href":"https:\/\/www.akademisains.gov.my\/ar21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1674\/revisions\/1952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akademisains.gov.my\/ar21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akademisains.gov.my\/ar21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akademisains.gov.my\/ar21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}