The potentials, threats and challenges in sustainable development of Penang National Park

The Penang National Park (PNP) is recognized as an initiative of sustainable development of the Penang State Government. Since the gazettement of the young Penang National Park about 8 years ago, much have yet to be done to fully realize its potentials. These include growing into a world class eco...

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Main Authors:	Hong, Chern Wern, Chan, Ngai Weng
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Environmental Management Society, Malaysia 2010
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2365/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2365/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2365/1/MJEM_2010_2__8_Hong_and_Chan__F_.pdf

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spelling	ukm-23652016-12-14T06:31:24Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2365/ The potentials, threats and challenges in sustainable development of Penang National Park Hong, Chern Wern Chan, Ngai Weng The Penang National Park (PNP) is recognized as an initiative of sustainable development of the Penang State Government. Since the gazettement of the young Penang National Park about 8 years ago, much have yet to be done to fully realize its potentials. These include growing into a world class ecotourism site in tandem with the UNESCO heritage status of Georgetown, to develop into a world class research center, to create sustainable income as a socio-economic contributor to local communities, and to showcase the success of a national park within a highly urbanized island. However, there are threats to PNP such as development pressures due to land scarcity, encroachment of urban and agricultural land use into the park, illegal developments, and apathetic attitude amongst local visitors which have created many environmental issues, problematic solid waste pollution, and infrastructure construction in the park. All these threats need to be addressed in order to ensure sustainable development of the PNP. The challenges include having political will, creating an effective awareness and environmental education system for all stakeholders, develop a sustainable management plan, environmentally-friendly infrastructure, and focusing on ecotourism rather than mass tourism in the PNP Environmental Management Society, Malaysia 2010 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2365/1/MJEM_2010_2__8_Hong_and_Chan__F_.pdf Hong, Chern Wern and Chan, Ngai Weng (2010) The potentials, threats and challenges in sustainable development of Penang National Park. Malaysian Journal of Environmental Management, 11 (2). pp. 95-109. ISSN 1511-7855 http://www.ems-malaysia.org/mjem/index.html
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description	The Penang National Park (PNP) is recognized as an initiative of sustainable development of the Penang State Government. Since the gazettement of the young Penang National Park about 8 years ago, much have yet to be done to fully realize its potentials. These include growing into a world class ecotourism site in tandem with the UNESCO heritage status of Georgetown, to develop into a world class research center, to create sustainable income as a socio-economic contributor to local communities, and to showcase the success of a national park within a highly urbanized island. However, there are threats to PNP such as development pressures due to land scarcity, encroachment of urban and agricultural land use into the park, illegal developments, and apathetic attitude amongst local visitors which have created many environmental issues, problematic solid waste pollution, and infrastructure construction in the park. All these threats need to be addressed in order to ensure sustainable development of the PNP. The challenges include having political will, creating an effective awareness and environmental education system for all stakeholders, develop a sustainable management plan, environmentally-friendly infrastructure, and focusing on ecotourism rather than mass tourism in the PNP
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author	Hong, Chern Wern Chan, Ngai Weng
spellingShingle	Hong, Chern Wern Chan, Ngai Weng The potentials, threats and challenges in sustainable development of Penang National Park
author_facet	Hong, Chern Wern Chan, Ngai Weng
author_sort	Hong, Chern Wern
title	The potentials, threats and challenges in sustainable development of Penang National Park
title_short	The potentials, threats and challenges in sustainable development of Penang National Park
title_full	The potentials, threats and challenges in sustainable development of Penang National Park
title_fullStr	The potentials, threats and challenges in sustainable development of Penang National Park
title_full_unstemmed	The potentials, threats and challenges in sustainable development of Penang National Park
title_sort	potentials, threats and challenges in sustainable development of penang national park
publisher	Environmental Management Society, Malaysia
publishDate	2010
url	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2365/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2365/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2365/1/MJEM_2010_2__8_Hong_and_Chan__F_.pdf
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The potentials, threats and challenges in sustainable development of Penang National Park

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