This document discusses environmental sustainability in Sabah. It defines environmental sustainability as rates of renewable resource use, pollution creation, and non-renewable resource depletion that can continue indefinitely. It outlines Sabah's environmental sustainability framework and discusses key environmental indicators such as forests, biodiversity, water, air, and land. It then analyzes how Sabah's environment has been degraded through issues like air pollution, water pollution, land degradation, biodiversity loss, and forest degradation based on various environmental indices. Finally, it stresses the importance of sustaining Sabah's environment.

1. Environmental Sustainability
in Sabah
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Justin Sentian
Director, EcoCampus Management Centre
Universiti Malaysia Sabah

2. • Assoc. Prof., Faculty of Science and Natural Resources,
Universiti Malaysia Sabah
• Director, EcoCampus Management Centre, Universiti Malaysia
Sabah
• Head, Climate Change Research Group, UMS
• Research Fellow – Water Research Unit, UMS
• Research Fellow – Sustainable Palm Oil Research Group, UMS
• Research Fellow – Disaster Research Centre, UMS
• Research Fellow- Development and Health Research Unit,
UMS
My Profile
Research Area: Atmospheric Chemistry, Climate Change, Air Quality,
Environmental Modeling, Sustainable Development

3. Environmental Sustainability?
Environmental sustainability is the rates of renewable resource
harvest, pollution creation, and non-renewable resource depletion
that can be continued indefinitely. If they cannot be continued
indefinitely then they are not sustainable.
Environmental sustainability involves making decisions
and taking action that are in the interests of protecting
the natural world, with particular emphasis on preserving
the capability of the environment to support human life.
Environmental sustainability is about making
responsible decisions that will reduce business'
negative impact on the environment.
What are Environmental
Sustainability?

4. Environmental
Sustainability Framework
Goal 7: Ensure Environmental Sustainability

5. What are
Environmental Indicators?
Environmental
Indicators
Forest
Landform
Biodiversity
Water
Air
Land

6. How Do We Degrade
Our Environment?

7. Air Pollution

8. Air Pollution
Forest Fire Risk

9. Air Pollution
Forest Fire – Hot Spots (Jul 2014)

10. Air Pollution
Air Pollution Index
DOE, 2013

11. Air Pollution
Environmental Performance Index (2014)

12. Air Pollution
Environmental Sustainable Index (2005)

13. Air Pollution
Environmental Sustainable Index (2005)
Environmental Performance Index (2014)
2005 ESI: Greenhouse Gas Emissions

14. Water Pollution

15. Water Pollution
Environmental Sustainability Index (2005)

16. Water Pollution
Environmental Performance Index (2014)

17. Water Pollution
Water Quality Index
DOE, 2013

18. Land
Degradation

19. Land Degradation
Environmental Sustainability Index (2005)

20. Biodiversity Loss

21. Biodiversity Loss
Environmental Sustainability Index (2005)

22. Biodiversity Loss
Environmental Performance Index (2014)

23. Forest
Degradation

24. Forest
Environmental Performance Index (2014)

25. Environmental
Performance

26. Environmental
Performance Changes

27. Ways To Sustain The Environment
Sustaining The
Environment

28. Thank you