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    45% of the agricultural land in the Cameron Highlands exceeds 25deg, causing massive siltation of rivers due to runoff. The main rivers of the Highlands are now heavily polluted with e. Coli (a health hazard bacterium), pesticides, suspended solids (siltation; clay particles in the river) and sewage. The lack of enforcement by responsible governmental agencies makes things even worse.

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    45% of the agricultural land in the Cameron Highlands exceeds 25deg, causing massive siltation of rivers due to runoff. The main rivers of the Highlands are now heavily polluted with e. Coli (a health hazard bacterium), pesticides, suspended solids (siltation; clay particles in the river) and sewage. The lack of enforcement by responsible governmental agencies makes things even worse.

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    45% of the agricultural land in the Cameron Highlands exceeds 25deg, causing massive siltation of rivers due to runoff. The main rivers of the Highlands are now heavily polluted with e. Coli (a health hazard bacterium), pesticides, suspended solids (siltation; clay particles in the river) and sewage. The lack of enforcement by responsible governmental agencies makes things even worse.

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    Environment spoilt

    TEXT BY REACH MAY 2009

    Unlimited over-
    development of
    agriculture in the
    Cameron Highlands at
    the expense of the
    environment

    Cameron Highlands becomes less attractive


    Serious environmental problems are pollution by agriculture and urban REACH are: (a) to restore the water
    threatening the Cameron Highlands area is mainly caused by over- catchment of the Cameron Highlands
    development of urban area as well as as a river system with outstanding
    The Cameron Highlands serves as an agriculture with excessive (illegal)
    important catchment area for drinking pesticide usage, the absence of
    water supply. Forest cover is essential riparian buffer zones along rivers,
    in this function, despite that fact 30% illegal clearing of forests for The once tranquil highla
    of land cover is used by agriculture nd
    farming and the lack of proper resort gets over-develope
    now. In preventing erosion and runoff waste water treatment facilities. d by
    in agriculture the slope gradient of the unsustainable agriculture
    land has to be less then 25°. At this
    The lack of enforcement by at
    responsible governmental agen- the cost of nature and th
    moment almost 45% of the agri- cies makes things even worse. e
    cultural land in the Cameron Besides this also water shortage is environment
    Highlands exceeds 25°, causing a problem caused by large scale
    massive siltation of rivers due to run- water tapping for irrigation
    off. purposes in agriculture.
    river water quality of high ecological,
    Threats to Cameron’s Rivers environmental and aesthetic value that
    REACH tries to help
    is safe for recreation. (b) Conserving
    The main rivers of the Highlands are
    the rare and important forest
    now heavily polluted with E. coli (a Several concerned residents of the
    Cameron Highlands formed the ecosystem with river water of good
    health hazard bacterium), pesticides,
    quality. (c) Ensuring sufficient water
    suspended solids (siltation; clay community organisation Regional
    Environmental Awareness Cameron resources of good quality for the use
    particles in the river) and sewage. This
    as drinking water and irrigation as well
    ongoing and increasing water Highlands (REACH). The aims of
    as for nature.

    Regional Environmental REACH Office


    No. 1 Jalan Besar, Brinchang
    R E A C H Awareness Cameron
    39000 Cameron Highlands
    Highlands www.reach.org.my

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