INVITATION FOR PAPERS FOR THE SEMINAR ON "THE NATURAL HERITAGE OF NORTHERN PENINSULAR MALAYSIA"

INVITATION FOR PAPERS FOR THE SEMINAR ON "THE NATURAL HERITAGE OF
NORTHERN PENINSULAR MALAYSIA", 2-3 APRIL 2009, SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES,
UNIVERSITI SAINS MALAYSIA.



The School of Humanities, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) is organising
a seminar on the "Natural Heritage of Northern Peninsular Malaysia" on
2-3 April 2009. We would like to invite you to present a paper on any
aspect of the natural heritage of any area (e.g. Penang National park,
Perlis State Park, Royal Belum, etc) in northern Peninsular Malaysia
(Perlis, Kedah, Penang & north Perak [includes Kuala Kangsar northwards
only]).



The papers/talk should focus on the following (you are free to include
other relevant issues/comments):



(i) Natural heritage characteristics of the area - what
are the uniqueness/richness in terms of geology, flora, flora,
biodiversity,hydrology, and other environmental attributes? (e.g. In the
case of bird/animal sanctuary, one may include unique/exotic species or
endemic species found only in the area)

(ii) Man-environment interactions in the area - focus on
positive interactions (conservation efforts, sustainable development,
reafforestation, etc) and negative interactions (loss of biodiversity,
increase in environmental hazards, climate change, water pollution,
destruction of catchments, soil erosion and landslides, etc)

(iii) Threats to the area - both natural and human

(iv) Proposals and suggestions to protect, conserve and
develop the area sustainably

(v) Other related issues and comments.



There is no registration fee. The deadline to email me your full paper
is end Feb 2009. We will publish a book of proceedings before the
seminar and an edited book based on selected papers after the seminar.



We sincerely hope you will join us in this endeavour.



Prof Dr Chan Ngai Weng

Seminar Co-ordinator

nwchan@usm.my