Goh Hong Ching

By using the case study of Iskandar Malaysia, I bring up the issues of nature conservation and obviously in this case it's mangrove conservation in cities development with a special reference to developing countries. So there's four main points that actually I raised and highlighted. The first one is that we need a holistic approach, do urban planning, cities development. Because in the past, if you take a look, cities development has been focusing so much on built environment without seeing natural environment as actually as one ecosystem. The second point is that we also need a holistic approach to nature conservation. Nature conservation, these big, huge disciplines has been so far approached by the environmentalists and also the ecologists is more specific reference to forestry discipline. And then we have a marine biology is concerned, but it has not.

Studied urban planning or city developments. Right. By looking at more holistic approach, right? Taking into account of mangrove. Now in this context of Iskandar Malaysia, then we are talking about urbanization. The third point I'd like to highlight, I actually highlighted is about the public awareness that need to be further enhanced and promoted. Because at the moment I think there's still a gap between the general public with mangrove because it's always this negative perception about mangrove. And lastly, the main point and also it's actually something that's worried is that right, with the advancement of economic development, the subsequent advancement will be in technology. And technology might eventually replace the role of nature in the battles against climate change, which we see that nature, this is the main role in fighting climate change at the moment.