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Rehabilitation of Kelana Jaya Lake through Community Participation
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Global Environment Centre
Majlis Bandaraya Petaling Jaya
Kelana Jaya Lakes are prominent urban lakes in Selangor, Malaysia. Located in Damansara River Basin, the lakes were developed as a Public Park that provides tranquility and enjoyment to people from all walks of life from the hustle and bustle of city life. Nonetheless, these intangible benefits have been diminishing purely due to continuous pollution by the surrounding areas at a very consistent rate.
As the result, a rehabilitation program was initiated in 2002. The first phase of the program was about community awareness and empowering the community to participate in conserving the lakes’ ecosystem and its biodiversity. Consequently, the program has managed to generate positive responses from the community and has established Friends of Kelana Jaya Park in 2005.
The effort of rehabilitating Kelana Jaya Lakes has not stopped here. In August 2007, Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI) under an Innofund Scheme, funded the 2nd phase of the Kelana Jaya Rehabilitation Programme known as Rehabilitation of Kelana Jaya Lake through Community Participation. This project aims at improving the water quality of one of the lakes (Lake 1) in its very own way by collaborating between technology and human resources. It emphasizes on the involvement of the local community in lake management alongside with an innovative technology called the Ecofan. Visit the project website: www.kelanajayapark.com
2 comments:
Hello there, I'm thrilled and honoured to know that you've included my album of the Kelana Jaya Park here. Thank you so much!
What you featured here in this blog is informative. Keep up the good work!
Dear Alice,
Thanks for visiting our site and posting the interesting photos. Your participation at our committee meetings would be beneficial to the Park. We meet on the 3rd Wed of the month at the Land Scape office of MBPJ from 9 to about 11am. If you are able, please contact me or indicate in the Blog.
Jack Lim
Vice President
Friends of Kalana Jaya Park
e-mail: twintrees1@gmail.com
012-3300711
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