Two national parks in Malaysia have been recognized by the Convention Concerning the Protection of the World"s Cultural and Natural Heritage as the world heritage sites; the Gunung Mulu National Park and Kinabalu Park. None of the forest in Peninsular Malaysia has achieved that status but four have made it through the nomination list. The Malaysian government"s recent initiative was to list three reserved areas, namely the Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM), the Royal Belum National Park and the Gombak Selangor Quartz Ridge. The nomination for the UNESCO World Heritage Site is indeed a good move in protecting the Malaysian forest. Even though there is no direct mention of "forest" stated under the Convention, it tacitly indicates the importance of the conservation of natural forest habitat for flora and fauna and a heritage for humankind. An outstanding forest site shall be conferred a world heritage status when it possesses at least one of the criteria of an Outstanding Universal Value or OUV. Ten criteria are listed as OUV in the Operational Guidelines for the Implementation of the World Heritage Convention and it is divided as a cultural or natural heritage. This paper explores on the OUV of Malaysian forests, either included in or nominated to the World Heritage List. It describes the different OUV opted by different forest and that exemplifies the diversity and uniqueness of Malaysian forest.
Electricity flows through power lines and other transmission infrastructure to houses, hospitals, offices and other customers’ premises. Due to rapid development and industrialization as well as urbanisation, the demand for energy supply had increased in Malaysia. Thus the electricity supply system need to be strengthen in order to avoid frequent tripping and to provide sufficient, quality and reliable system. There are several ways to improve the electricity supply system namely by building higher volt transmission tower and building more substation and power stations. This paper legally analyse the issues faced by the Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB), the main electricity supplier in Malaysia in meeting the increasing demand of electricity while at the same time ensuring public rights are protected. In particular, this paper addresses the issues in regulating the rights to wayleave for electricity supply lines. Towards this ends, relevant laws and case studies are presented to provide a bigger perspective on how the rights to wayleave can affect the other basic human rights.
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