Objective 1: Protect the quality of coastal waters of Port Klang and water sources including ground and surface waters.

Action programs:

1.  Establish an institutional arrangement for planning, development control, regulation and enforcement of existing and new developments for  effective implementation of integrated coastal management by:

• Coordinating and integrating sectoral agencies and activities to ensure that inter-dependencies and conflicts among resource users can be reconciled in the most effective manner.

    2.     Adopt the Port Klang Coastal Strategy as the guiding framework for future use,
      protection, restoration and management of marine and coastal resources by:

• Adopting local ICM legislation via SWMA’s Enactment 1999 and institutionalised organizational arrangement through Project Coordinating Committee (PCC) and National Coordinating Committee (NCC), local government and the governmental legal and administrative mechanism and procedures.

    3.     Develop integrated land use and water resources management zonation schemes in
      which pollutive activities will be controlled or eliminated in water catchments and other
      sensitive environmental areas by:

• Establishing a multi-sectoral task team and organizing zonation consultation program to solicit opinions and assess use-conflicts and impacts on the proposal.

• Formulating a master plan for integrated river basin management of the catchments of Sungai Klang, Sungai Langat Rivers and the Port Klang coastal waters.

• Develop, strengthen and adopt appropriate legislation and institutional arrangement to support the implementation of the zoning schemes.

    4.       Carry out the environmental rehabilitation and enhancement programs for Sungai Klang
        and Sungai Langat Rivers and Port Klang coastal areas.

    5.      Forge partnerships with local communities, religious groups, industry, the private sector,
       indigenous peoples and marginalized groups in the area to participate in the planning,
       development and management of coastal resources.

    6.      Combine and link scientific input and traditional knowledge into planning and decision
       making processes and environmental programs by:

• Forging partnerships between scientists and local governments to encourage information and knowledge sharing in the development and implementation of ICM programs.

• Supporting scientific research that advances knowledge of ecosystem management, environmental risk assessment/management, carrying capacity, quality of life indicators, etc., and provides input to decisions on sustainable economic development.

• Involving indigenous people and scientists in the gathering and interpretation of information on habitats and biological diversity including the development and implementation of appropriate restoration programs. 

Objective 2:  Manage sea-based activities to avoid and mitigate damage to the coastal environment.

Action programs:

1.   Overcome transboundary regional problems/issues that affect the coastal and marine resources and coastal communities of the Port Klang area by implementing programs for the purpose of:

• Protecting and preserving the ecosystem/habitats and their resources, such as fish nursery and spawning grounds,

• Effective and efficient response mechanisms to the environmental incidents such as oil spills,

• Effective and efficient disaster control and management (floods, sea water inundation, forest fires, etc),

• Safe navigation and maritime system.

    2.     Implement relevant international conventions concerning pollution from ships, including
      both accidental and operational discharges from vessels entering the Port Klang waters.

    3.    Formulate and adopt standards, guidelines and procedures for sea-based activities and
    identify environmentally sensitive areas which require enhanced protection by:

• Establishing guidelines, criteria and procedures for identifying environmental sensitive areas in accordance with national, regional and international instruments,

• Building consensus among stakeholders,

• Identify implementing agencies,

• Adopting the national/international procedures.

4.    Manage dredging and reclamation activities by:

• Formulating guidelines and means for enforcing rules for dredging and reclamation projects with due consideration to the impacts on resource values, human health and the land and sea-use zoning system/and

• Assessing environmental risk of dredging and land reclamation within the context of ecosystem management and public health.

• Formulating, implementing rules and mechanisms, and monitor and enforce them to prevent uncontrolled dumping of dredge materials and other matters into the coastal waters of Port Klang.

    5.     Counter improper and uncontrolled aquaculture and mariculture by:

• Identifying areas for near-shore and off-shore aquaculture and mariculture activities;

• Formulating and applying regulation and economic instruments to ensure appropriate production techniques.

Objective 3:  Prevent adverse impacts from land-based activities to the coastal environment

Action programs:           

1.   Mitigate pollutive discharges from land-based point and non-point sources by :

• Implementing the Klang and Langat River Clean-up programs.

• Identifying priority concerns and social and economic impacts utilizing the risk assessment process.

• Develop and implement comprehensive response program, and identifying long-term commitments to provide necessary facilities, services and systems for mitigating problems.   

    2.      Enjoining local industry and commercial enterprises to avoid and control pollutive
       activities by:

•     Developing voluntary agreements identifying targets for increased efficiency in the use of coastal resources.

•     Avoiding conflicting and damaging practices, which are contrary to the shared vision of the strategy.

•     Formulating and adopting a code of conduct for industrial and commercial enterprises, and promoting best environmental practices.

•     Sharing technological know-how, expertise and skills in cleaner production and safety in environmental management and emergency response among the industrial sector, as well as with local and central government agencies.

•     Conducting self-audits on industrial plants and commercial operations to ensure compliance with all relevant environmental laws and regulations at the national and local government levels.

•     Formulating, adopting and implementing environmental management system within industrial plants and commercial operations and achieving ISO 14001 certification.

•     Preparing and adopting Port Klang coastal waters contingency plan and oil spill response system involving shipping and petroleum industries, the private sector, Local Governments and relevant agencies of the Federal Government.

3.     Undertaking Environmental Impact Assessment (EIAs) for resort developments in
        coastal areas, for ports and harbours, and petroleum and petrochemical
        industries.

       Problem Sectors

•    Management of solid wastes

•     Management of sewerage services

•     Management of toxic and hazardous wastes

•     Management of ships and port wastes

•     Pollution control and abatement, and management of land-based point sources pollution

•     Pollution control and abatement, and management of land-based non-point/ diffuse sources pollution

•     Developing and managing urban and agricultural drainage systems

•     Developing and managing flood mitigation   systems and river corridors

•     Managing zonation schemes and special protection zones in the coastal hinterlands

Foundation of The Strategy
Inform   Conserve   Protect   Develop   Implement