Conservation of Marine Resources and Sustainable Coastal Community Development in Malaysia

Abstract

The purpose of this book is to advance an economically, socially, and environmentally integrated management policy on Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in Malaysia. There are currently 42 marine parks in the Peninsula, five in Sabah, and three in Sarawak. However, this book meets its objectives via an overly long detour that takes in, among others, sustainable development, laws and policies, biological diversity, governance, and climate change. Some of the information provided is interesting, others less so.