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FACULTY OF ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCE AND POLICY STUDIES DIPLOMA IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PAD350 FUNDAMENTALS OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GROUP ASSIGN MENT : PROJECT 1: WATER WATCH PENANG (WPP)

NO.

PREPARED BY

STUDENT ID

1.

SITI FATIMAH BINTI ZAHLAN

2017511923

2.

ANIS SHUADAH BINTI AHMAD NAZAMI

2017346825

3.

NURHAZATUL SYAWARDIAH BINTI MOHAMAD

2017149293

NAME OF LECTURER:

NUR ZULAIKHA BINTI ZAINAL

SUBMISSION DATE:

27 May 2021

TABLE OF CONTENTS

NO. 1.0

Introduction

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Program 1: Mock Tour Of The Unep-Epll Project "Nature Classroom 2.0

Forest, Water

4-5

Program 2: Water Watch Penang River, Water and Environmental 3.0

Awareness Program

6-7

Program 3: River and Water Awareness Activities with School of 4.0

Humanities, USM

8-10

5.0

Conclusion

11

6.0

Appendix

12

7.0

References

13

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

We are feeling so grateful to Allah SWT because we are finally managed to complete the MERCY Malaysia written report within the time given by Miss Nur Zulaikha

Zainal.

This

report

cannot

be

accomplished

without

the

encouragement from our group members who were so understanding during the progress of our written report. Our biggest gratitude goes to Miss Nur Zulaikha Zainal for the information given, guidance and advice in finishing this assignment and also for teaching us in this Fundamentals of Sustainable Development. The completion of the written report would not be accomplished without the supports of our dearest lecturer, parents, friends and the co-operation all of my team members despite all of the obstacles that we have faced while completed this written report. We would like to thanks each everyone that involved directly or indirectly in completing this written report.

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INTRODUCTION Water Watch Penang (WWP) is a non-profit organization founded on November 1997 as part of the Sustainable Penang Initiative under the auspices of the Socio-economic & Environmental Research Institute (SERI) of Penang. The vision of WWP is ‘To Create a Water Saving Society in Malaysia‘. The mission “To educate and transform the public into water savvy and climate resilient society” The mission and vision are based on 6 Sustainable Development Goals: 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6)

SDG4: Quality Education SDG 6: Clean Water & Sanitation SDG11: Sustainable Cities and Communities SDG12: Responsible Consumption & Production SD13: Climate Action SDG17: Partnerships for the Goal

WWP teaches parents who play a vital role as “water managers” at home and in the work place. Parents manage the family’s water budget and educate their children about water saving. WWP promotes water demand management (WDM) to ensure that water resources are not depleted but remain sustainable. Via WDM, the amount of water saved nationally is significant and WDM can lead to saving mega-water projects for future generations. Through domestic water audit (DWA), a form of WDM, water recycling and saving techniques become key strategies in addressing water scarcity and other water problems in Malaysia. WWP also work with government and water service providers in reducing high rates of non-revenue water, upgrading water treatment plants, increasing awareness, public education and other important water related issues. Page | 3

2.0 PROGRAM 1: MOCK TOUR OF THE UNEP-EPLL PROJECT "NATURE CLASSROOM FOREST, WATER

On 31st October 2011, 22 participants went to Kampung Ku Art Gallery andGuesthouse at Balik Pulau, Pulau Pinang. The first visiting place was the coastal mangrove site of Pulau Betong, Balik Pulau. The participants were brought to observe the unique coastal plants and animals. Other than the biodiversity observation, the participants were being exposed to the ecological aspect of mangrove vegetation. For instance, the seed dispersal and early establishment of Bakau Minyak or Rhizophora apiculata, a mangrove species famous for making charcoal. One of the adventurous activities – crossing “nail carpet”. The hundred of nails was actually the aerial roots of Avicennia trees. After leaving the mangrove site, it was a short guided walk at Pulau Betong fishing village. The participants witnessed the coexistence of humans and nature as well as the mangroves that acted as natural shield against coastal hazards like the Indian Ocean tsunami in year 2004. The group headed to belacan factory and from the visit, the participants learned how important the healthy waters and mangrove forests in providing fishery resources to people as food and daily income. The last visiting place was Kuala Sungai Burong where the participants were exposed to the beautiful scenery of natural and artificial regenerations of mangrove trees. The participants then went back to Kampung Ku Art Gallery and Guesthouse to have idea sharing session. During this session, some participants provided valueble comments and opinions that help improving the coming educational trips at Balik pulau. Survey forms were also given out to the participants for subsequent evaluation and analysis.

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Benefits of Mock Tour UNEP- EPLL Project “Nature ClassroomForest, Water and Us” -

Increase participants’ interest in learning about nature and forest The participants were more appreciative of the forest and nature. This was evidenced while doing one of the activities across the “nail carpet” where hundreds of nails were actually aerial roots of the Avicennia tree. Participants walked carefully through them to avoid damage to the trees.

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Increase awareness and knowledge of the importance of the nature During the visit, the participants witnessed the coexistence of humans and nature as well as the mangroves that acted as natural shield against coastal hazards like the Indian Ocean tsunami in year 2004. Besides that, the participants also learned how important the healthy waters and mangrove forests in providing fishery resources to people as food and daily income

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Expand educational activities and learning environments Learning and educational process is not limited to be in the classroom and on textbook only. By join this event, the participant can more understand by seeing with their own eyes. This learning environment proved can increase the students understanding. When the participants were brought to observe the unique coastal plants and animals, they showed much curiosity in learning about them. Learning is not only about reading, but also about how students understand knowledge with physical interest.

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PROGRAM 2: Water Watch Penang River, Water and Environmental Awareness Program

On the 26th of January 2013, Water Watch Penang (WWP) collaborated with USM to organise the ‘WWP River, Water, and Environmental Awareness Programme' in Penang. This programme is funded by a grant from the Division of Industry and Community Network (BJIM) USM for a Penang orphanage and community. This programme, held at Taman Jajar , received 18 students from the Wisma Yatim Laki-laki Islam, ranging in age from 8 to 16 years old. The aim of this programme is to instil knowledge and raise awareness about current water, river, and environmental issues, as well as to discover and learn about the value of river and water education. Water Watch Penang (WPP) had two facilitators for the program The students were also learned on the water cycle, the origins of Penang's water, and the significance of river safety in Penang. The students were then taught about natural and anthropogenic river pollution. The students were taken on a river walk along the banks of the Dhoby Ghaut River, a tributary of the Sungai Pinang River, to identify which types of "waste" pose a threat to river protection. After 10 minutes of rest and refreshment, the students were taught on identification of types of acidic and alkaline water through observation and tasting method. The objective of this process is to teach the students that observation and experience are totally different in analysing the pH of any kind of water. Next the students were shown the method to perform physical river water

sampling

which

includes

the

observation

of

river flow,

pH

(acidity/alkalinity), dissolved oxygen, and turbidity. It was found that the river is flowing well but is polluted with garbage. The river at Taman Jajar was also found to be acidic with a pH of 6.1 whereas the dissolved oxygen is very low with only 2.5 ppm.

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Benefits Water Watch Penang River, Water and Environmental Awareness Program -

Creating awareness of the importance of the river in life each individual to create a desire to both preserve and love the river Rivers play an important role for a catchment area and even become the lifeblood because water is the main necessity of life. In addition, the river also has potential as a recreational and tourism area. The rapid development that is happening now has caused problems to the people such as floods, lack of water resources and even worse is the destruction of the environment, namely flora and fauna. Therefore, a comprehensive and complete river management plan is required to ensure a balanced development of the environment and the area the catch.

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Introduce to the public about measures and practices that can contribute towards the preservation of the natural beauty of the river Based on the benefits of implementing this program, it is able to create an atmosphere of beautiful and harmonious river conditions through awareness and effective river management. Water Watch Penang in raising public awareness through this program is by getting feedback from the public or by involving the community in the programs organized. This will indirectly be able to give an idea to the public about the state of the rivers in our country today. Improve knowledge and techniques of river and catchment management among the agencies involved to ensure sustainable harmonious development. The community needs to be aware of the importance of conserving and maintaining the beauty of the river. This is because the river is one of the main water sources of the country. If these rivers are polluted by garbage or sewage sludge, then the government will have to find other alternatives to supply resources to consumers who are increasingly needed today.

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4.0 PROGRAM 3: RIVER AND WATER AWARENESS ACTIVITIES WITH SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES, USM

The WWP-PBA River and Water Awareness Programme took place on the 10th of August 2019, with a total of participation of 30 students, 3 teachers and 2 parents representing SJKC Eok Hua Teluk Bahang. The objectives of this programme were to instil awareness on the importance of river to our daily life as well as methods to monitor the ‘health’ of a river. This programme, consisted of three parts which were, general lecture about river and water issues in Penang and Malaysia followed by physical/chemical parameter assessment of the Waterfall River and biological assessment that involved ‘catch and release’ of river macro-invertebrate to determine the river quality. Those sessions were conducted by WWP Facilitators, Ms Phang Wai Leng, Ms Chuah Chiew Yen and Ms Sim Lay Mei. Thanks to PBAPP, this group of students, teachers and parents had the opportunity to visit the first water treatment plant in Malaysia which is the Waterfall Water Treatment Plant. The group learnt about the process of water treatment plant guided by officers on duty. The goals to achieved that student are the participant can identify problem sides long stream, the impact of pollution and of pollution control activities and can determine support of aquatic life uses. Life below water means conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development. The target is because by 2020, prohibits certain forms of fisheries subsidies which contribute to overcapacity and overfishing, eliminate subsidies that contribute the illegal, unreported and unregulated effective special and differential treatment for developing and least developed. countries should be an integral part of the World Trade Organization fisheries subsidies negotiation. In addition, increase scientific knowledge, develop research capacity

and

transfer

marine

technology,

taking

into

account

the

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Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission Criteria and Guidelines on the Transfer of Marine Technology, in order to improve ocean health and to enhance the contribution of marine biodiversity to the development of developing countries, in particular small island developing States and least developed countries. Most of the planet’s surface is water. Here’s what we must do to protect the oceans: 1) Reduce and prevent pollution. 2) Protect ecosystems. 3) End overfishing and illegal fishing. 4) Help fishing communities to develop sustainable fishing practices. 5) Make and maintain international laws such agreements.

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4.1 Benefits WWP-PBA River & Water Awareness Program. -

Benefit of the River and Water Awareness Programme that’s the student has knowledge about the rivers carry water and nutrients to areas all around the earth. They play a very important part in the water cycle, acting as drainage channels for surface water. Rivers drain nearly 75% of the earth's land surface. Rivers provide excellent habitat and food for many of the earth's organisms.

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However, kids have fun and get a greater sense of attachment to rivers and nature. River is highly connected with outdoor education, it is defined by the location of the learning process and it designates both practically and theoretically ways to foster to students a strong bond with natural places. Place attachment refers to this bonding time or in other words the love relationship, one can develop with a river and water.

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Besides, Improved awareness leads to engagement of communities to save water at home so as to put less pressure on rivers. For instance, helpful tip on saving water only wash full loads in your washing machine. Generally, the same amount of water is used regardless of whether a full load is washed or not. You save water by ensuring that a full load of laundry is washed. Another example are washing vegetables and meat in a sink filled with water saves up 15 times more than water washing under a running tap.

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5.0 CONCLUSION The Water Watch Penang proved to be a good partnership model in learning-industry-community

engagement.

More

importantly,

this

programme engaged the students and the community in a close relationship which benefited many parties. The sustainability of this programme is also ensured as each partner offered different resources without overlapping one. All the participants in each programme that the Water Watch Penang had offered had a great opportunity to learn outside the classroom, gained valuable knowledge on river and water conservation, and gained increased awareness and sensitivity towards river and water issues. For the short-term outcome, this programme improved community knowledge and raised people’s awareness on river and water conservation through media reports. For the medium-term outcome, media news coverage on the programme certainly contributed towards less public pollution of rivers but greater public efforts to take-action in protecting Penang’s river and water resources. Finally, the long-term outcome of this programme is ultimately the protection and conservation of river and water resources by all stakeholders, leading to greater water security and a better quality of life for the people in Penang.

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6.0 APPENDIX

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7.0 REFERENCES 1. http://www.mtpleasantrec.com › 2. https://ejournal.usm.my 3. https://m.facebook.com › posts WWP partnership with Nature Classroom in... - Water Watch Penang

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