Explore how Universiti Sains Malaysia conserves biodiversity and manages ecosystems through conservation action, community education, collaboration with local communities and policy.
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Conserving and restoring land ecosystems
Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) supports and organises events that promote the conservation and sustainable utilisation of the land, including forests and wild land, and works directly to maintain and extend existing ecosystems and their biodiversity, of both plants and animals, especially ecosystems under threat. Its work spans mangrove restoration, tree planting and coastal clean-ups carried out with students, staff, volunteers and partner organisations.
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Educating and working with local communities
USM offers educational programmes on ecosystems, on the sustainable management of land for agriculture and on land-based tourism and heritage, for local and national communities. It also collaborates with the local community to maintain shared land ecosystems, working with fishing communities, smallholder farmers, government agencies and community groups around Penang and in Kedah.
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Policies that protect land and ecosystems
USM’s policies set out how the university conserves and restores terrestrial ecosystems and manages its land responsibly.
Sustainability Policy
Sets out USM’s commitments on the conservation, restoration and sustainable use of land, the protection of conservation species and the management of alien species.
Trees Policy
Guides how USM protects and plans for trees and local biodiversity in its planning and development.
Green Procurement Policy
Includes USM’s commitment to ensure that food on campus is sustainably farmed.
Hazardous Waste Disposal Policy
Sets out land-sensitive disposal so that waste does not harm people, animals or the environment.