KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said there needs
to be a change of mindset when regional and global powers draft
policies concerning the environment.
He said authority figures must understand instinctively that sacrificing natural resources for short term benefit would undermine any long-term investment, thus put a stop to any sustainable development.
He said the world may be trying to balance development with environmental preservation, but it was was important for authorities to look at the wellbeing of the environment as it related directly to health, and the people.
“We will not return to a simple reverence for nature; the pressures of development and population are to great for that. But we can and must inculcate a new respect for our environment. Our people and our planet depend on it,” said Najib when opening the Third Ministerial Meeeting of the Regional Forum on Environment and Health in Southeast and East Asian Countries, here today.
Najib cited an example of an unscrupulous timber contractor who may indiscriminately fall a centuries-old Cengal for the sake of profit without factoring how long a time the tree takes to grow to be fully matured. “Our local Cengal tree, like the California’s redwoods, may take centuries to reach its humongous size.
(Source: http://www.nst.com.my)
He said authority figures must understand instinctively that sacrificing natural resources for short term benefit would undermine any long-term investment, thus put a stop to any sustainable development.
He said the world may be trying to balance development with environmental preservation, but it was was important for authorities to look at the wellbeing of the environment as it related directly to health, and the people.
“We will not return to a simple reverence for nature; the pressures of development and population are to great for that. But we can and must inculcate a new respect for our environment. Our people and our planet depend on it,” said Najib when opening the Third Ministerial Meeeting of the Regional Forum on Environment and Health in Southeast and East Asian Countries, here today.
Najib cited an example of an unscrupulous timber contractor who may indiscriminately fall a centuries-old Cengal for the sake of profit without factoring how long a time the tree takes to grow to be fully matured. “Our local Cengal tree, like the California’s redwoods, may take centuries to reach its humongous size.
(Source: http://www.nst.com.my)
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