Kota Kinabalu: A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the State Government and Conference of Earth Environment from Akita (CEEA), Japan, on implementing a new project in Sabah was signed at Hilton Hotel, here, on Oct 27.
The “Clean Ocean Project by Students in Sabah and Akita (Copsa) Sustainable Ocean Project in Sabah, Malaysia: The Initiative of Secondary School Students to Protect the Future of Oceans,” will be implemented over three years.
State Tourism, Culture and Environment Ministry (KePKAS) Permanent Secretary Datuk Sr. Mohd Yusrie Abdullah signed on behalf of the Ministry, witnessed by its Principal Senior Assistant Secretary Murad Abdul Rashid, while the Director and Secretary-General of CEEA, Mariko Fukuoka, represented the Board Chairman of CEEA, Professor Kenichi Hasegawa, in signing on behalf of CEEA, witnessed by the Manager of Environmental Partnership Office Tohoku, Kuniyasu Inoue.
“Implementation of the new project will see the collaboration of the Ministry and its agencies, namely the Environment Protection Department and Sabah Parks, among other relevant agencies, working together with secondary school students in Sabah to gain better understanding and take action against marine plastic waste problems.
“The current project will be implemented over three years from 2023 until 2026,” Mohd Yusrie said in a statement, Monday.
According to him, the main purpose of the current project is for an educational method to address the marine plastic waste issue to be developed and disseminated to secondary schools in Sabah.
He said expected outputs of the project through the implementation of various activities (that is, surveys, awareness programmes and international symposium) to be carried out by the relevant agencies include: Study on marine plastic waste issue in Sabah, and identification of countermeasures against it. Development of an educational module and materials on the marine plastic waste issue, and dissemination to secondary students. Enhancement of the capacity of relevant organisations to continue developing and utilising educational modules and materials on the marine plastic waste issue.
Previously, in 2019, the Ministry successfully concluded a MoU with CEEA for three years for the enhancement of the capacity of relevant departments and agencies, for actions related to climate change in Sabah.
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