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Heineken Malaysia balanced its water used in production through various high impact water stewardship initiatives, including the construction of this 305-metre clay dyke at Raja Musa Forest Reserve.
Those open to visitors are described on Pages 194- 195. The country possesses a remarkable number
of UNESCO-accredited conservation sites. These include four UNESCO World Heritage Sites, namely Melaka (page 102) and George Town (page 104), Historic Cities of the Straits of Malacca; Gunung Mulu National Park (Sarawak); Kinabalu Park (Sabah); and Archaeological Heritage
of the Lenggong Valley (Perak). A further six
sites are on the UNESCO Tentative List for inclusion as World Heritage
Sites. Other UNESCO conservation sites include Langat UNESCO HELP River Basin (Selangor), Putrajaya UNESCO Ecohydrology Demonstration Site and Langkawi UNESCO Global Geopark (Kedah), as
well as three UNESCO Biosphere Reserves; Tasik
green energy policies and initiatives, please see page 376, Energy. To reduce vehicle emissions and encourage consumer take- up of electric vehicles, the Malaysian Government in its 2022 budget announced a 100% elimination of all taxes on electric vehicles in the country, including import and excise duties, as well
as road tax. The existing Energy Efficient Vehicles (EEV) incentive programme already offers substantial cuts in excise duty for locally-assembled hybrid cars.
NGOs
Major local and global NGOs are working hard
to conserve Malaysia’s environment and contribute to sustainable development. Some of the most notable include WWF Malaysia, the Malaysian Nature Society, the Global Environment Centre, EcoKnights, WCS Malaysia, Sustainable
Development Network Malaysia (SUSDEN), Wetlands International Malaysia and Sahabat Alam Malaysia (Friends of the Earth).
Environmental Conservation
Malaysia has many national parks and other totally protected areas in both natural and urban settings.
HRH Sultan Nazrin Shah of Perak cruising Tasik Temenggor with his guest, HRH Prince Charles, President of WWF-UK in 2017. The Prince also attended a briefing on the WWF-Malaysia Conservation Summit.