FWD: Reach praised for environs work in the Camerons

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Friday, August 01, 2003

Reach praised for environs work in the Camerons

 

 

CAMERON HIGHLANDS: The Society of Regional Environmental Awareness of Cameron

Highlands (Reach) is a model organisation for how a community can influence

development in an environmentally sound way, Danish ambassador to Malaysia Lasse

Reimann said.

 

& #147;Reach is a valid player in efforts to reach sustainable solutions in the

fragile environment of Cameron Highlands, & #148; he told reporters on Wednesday

after an introduction to Reach activities here in a three-day trip organised by

the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Malaysia.

 

Describing the two-year-old community-based organisation & #146;s work as

impressive, Reimann said the & #147;new kid on the block & #148; was fairly

realistic and had a good understanding of the complexities of the issues in

Cameron Highlands.

 

& #147;They are a constructive player who will have a positive influence on the

ongoing situation in Cameron Highlands, & #148; he added.

 

Reimann said he had been up to Cameron Highlands 20 times over the past six

years of his service in Kuala Lumpur but Reach & #146;s activities and efforts had

given him a new and deeper understanding of the problems that the hill resort

was experiencing.

 

Last month, the Danish embassy announced a three-year RM1.1mil grant to both

Reach and WWF Malaysia from the Danish International Development Assistance

(Danida) to be used for projects on water resource, solid waste and land use

management.

 

Reimann said he has seen increasing ownership and participation in

environmental issues at all levels of Malaysian society since he came to the

country.

 

& #147;Malaysia & #146;s understanding of environmental issues is very

advanced, & #148; he noted.

 

On the continuing collaboration between the Danish and Malaysian governments on

environmental issues, Reimann said that both parties had identified energy,

waste management and biodiversity as new priority areas.

 

& #147;We have already allocated RM15mil under the Malaysian-Danish

Environmental Co-operation Programme for energy efficiency and renewable energy

projects over the next three years, & #148; he said.

 

& #147;We hope to finalise the overall strategy on waste management by early

next year, and hope to adopt projects for the next three years by the second

quarter of next year, & #148; Reimann said.

 

He said detailed planning on biodiversity would commence after the waste

management projects were finalised.

 

He said that the annual allocation under the co-operation programme was between

RM25mil and RM30mil and that the Danish government had contributed more than

RM250mil since 1994 to Malaysian projects.

 

Reimann, however, said that the contributions were only a small part of the

cost of the projects, which were mainly borne by Malaysia.

 

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