IMPAK - 2/2003 issue

IMPAK is quarterly bulletin of the Department of Environment, Malaysia. In this issue, IMPAK's theme is Sustainable Development. It is observed that while definitions of sustainable development appear to differ from one writer to another, they share one common theme, i.e. all contains three fundamental concepts, environment, futurity and equity. Article from DOE news is Bandar Lestari, an environment award with the aims to accord recognition to one urban center that has shown its overall commitment and effort towards achieving environment sustainability in its development. Feature article to support IMPAK's theme are Sustainable Consumption, Where are We Heading? Explanations on correlation between population growth and the economic consumption of the earth resources, New Approaches for the Sustainability of Malaysian Industries suggestion for alternative development strategies with the new environment management system, and the last article is Managing Soil Erosion for Sustainable Farming few approaches to achieve efficient erosion control. Meanwhile Biomass: Renewable Energy Sources in Malaysia fill up the Technical Update section