Anjakan Paradigma dalam Pengurusan Alam Sekitar di Malaysia: Peranan Universiti

SHAM SANI (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, shamsani@yahoo.com)

Abstract


This article examines the relationship between development, environment and the management response in Malaysia from the time since the country's independence till the present. It highlights the features of the changes in the management strategy and style arising from the demands of present-day environmental conditions as a result of the impact of development on the enviroment. The changes demand a paradigm shift in environmental management and the methods in handling problems. The role of the university in handling environmental issues is also discussed. This article argues that environmental management in Malaysia today should no longer confine itself to efforts in protecting the natural environment as was the case a century earlier. Present-day environmental management encompasses almost all aspects of human life -human well-being, health, trade, our future and the future of our children. The scope of environmental management based on the earlier narrow concept has to be broadened to encompass management of all available resources to preserve and protect the present and future generations. Faced with the demands arising from the changes in the management philosophy, the environmental management paradigm and approach must also change from one that merely protects the natural environment and treats pollution to one of resource management for the well-being of both the present as well as future generations.

Keywords: environmental management, paradigm shift, role of university, Malaysia

ABSTRAK

Rencana ini bertujuan menggalurkan pertalian antara pembangunan, alam sekitar dan respon pengurusannya di Malaysia sejak merdeka sehingga kini. la menegaskan ciri perubahan strategi dan stail pengurusan yang dituntut oleh keadaan semasa alam sekitar hasil daripada impak pembangunan terhadapnya, yang sekaligus memerlukan suatu anjakan paradigma dalam pengurusan alam sekitar dan cara menangani masalah yang timbul. Peranan yang dimainkan oleh universiti dalam menangani isu alam sekitar juga dibincang. Artikel ini menghujahkan bahawa pengurusan alam sekitar di Malaysia hari ini tidak lagi menjurus semata-mata kepada usaha melindungi alam semulajadi sepertimana 100 tahun dulu. Pengurusan alam sekitar kini mencakupi hampir keseluruhan aspek manusia - kesejahteraan, kesihatan, perdagangan dan masa depan kita dan anak cucu kita. Skop pengurusan alam sekitar yang berasaskan kepada konsep sempit yang diamalkan sebelum ini perlu diperluas meliputi pengurusan keseluruhan sumber yang ada bagi memelihara dan melindungi generasi masa kini dan generasi mendatang. Berhadapan dengan tuntutan hasil daripada perubahan falsafah ini, maka paradigma dan pendekatan pengurusan alam sekitar juga semestinya beranjak daripada hanya melindungi alam semulajadi dan merawat pencemaran semata-mata kepada pengurusan sumber bagi kesejahteraan generasi masa kini dan generasi akan datang.

Kata kunci: pengurusan alam sekitar, anjakan paradigma, peranan universiti, Malaysia


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References


Anwar Ihrahim (Finance Minister). 1994. The 1995 Budget Speech at the Dewan Rakyat. October 28.

Anwar Ibrahim (Finance Minister). 1993. The 1994 Budget Speech at the Dewan Rakyat. October 29.

Department of Environment (DOE). 1997. Malaysian Environmental Quality Report 1997. Kuala Lumpur: DOE.

World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED). 1987. Our Common Future. New York: Oxford University Press.


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