Urgensity of Environmental Management System Implementation on Oil Palm Plantation Management Policies in North Sumatera

The development of oil palm plantations and its expansion as well, ensured potentially give impact on the environment. A standardized environmental management system is required by companies to develop and implement environmental aspects. This research is classified as a qualitative research with a case study which emphasizes potential environmental impacts analysis of oil palm plantations and the urgency of environmental management systems in oil palm plantation management policies in North Sumatra. The research results showed that there were potential environmental impacts began pre-construction, construction and operational stages related to oil palm plantations development such as erosion, changes of sustainable and quantity of water, plant pests distribution, diseases and weeds, changes in soil fertility, potential social conflicts and the emergence of the spread of plant diseases endemic and disruption of water infiltration function in peat areas. In addition, it affected environmental factors including ecosystem condition, hydrology, landscape, and resident’s attitude around the plantation. Alternative policies which be carried out related to environmental preservation and community welfare are (1) agro-industrial development policies that process oil and palm oil waste, (2) Moratorium (temporary suspension) of illegal logging, (3) Establish policy synergies and improve communication between government agencies and institutions, (4) reduce conflicts over land freehold by reforming above the law.

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Aspects Regarding Competence, Training and Awareness Requirements for the Environmental Management System Certification Audit

Applied Mechanics and Materials ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.760.739 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 760 ◽

pp. 739-743

Author(s):

Al Ali Abdel Rahim ◽

Cristina Juganaru ◽

Constantin Militaru ◽

Alexandra Banu

Keyword(s):

Environmental Management ◽

Environmental Impacts ◽

Management System ◽

Environmental Management System ◽

Iso 14001 ◽

Practical Implementation ◽

Paper Briefly ◽

Competence Training ◽

Education Training

One of the requirements of ISO 14001 is that the organization must ensure that any person, including personnel working for and on behalf of organization, that have the potential to cause significant environmental impacts is well trained and competent. The personnel competencies can be defined by education, training and/or appropriate experience. In this regard, this paper briefly present requirements and specific documents for proper audit of requirement 4.4.2 that will constitute evidence of practical implementation of SR EN ISO 14001:2005.

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The New Orientation of Discharge Permit System in the Environmental Management System

Applied Mechanics and Materials ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.737.984 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 737 ◽

pp. 984-988

Author(s):

Ruo Nan Zhao ◽

Yan Ping Li ◽

Xue Wen Hu ◽

Lu Bai

Keyword(s):

Environmental Management ◽

Air Quality ◽

Management System ◽

Production Capacity ◽

Pollution Prevention ◽

Developed Countries ◽

Environmental Management System ◽

Registration System ◽

Management Policies ◽

Permit System

The discharge permit system has been implemented for more than 20 years in China. Although some rules of discharge permit system can be found in laws and administrative rules and regulations, the discharge permit system has just been carried out as a pilot policy in some provinces. The discharge permit system only serves as a complementary measure of emissions reporting, registration system and total amount control system, while its important position in pollution management policies is still unclear. In fact, it can reduce the transaction cost by defining the property rights, to solve the problems of “free riders” and externalities in the first place. However, the pollution prevention system in China mostly works at a certain stage, with the lack of cohesion and connection. To problems existing in the environmental management, we should take advantage of the discharge permit system, and integrate the current environmental management system. The goal of atmospheric administration is better air quality, better public health, better public welfare, and better production capacity. To achieve this goal, we not only need to control total emissions, but also need to build continuously emission standards. Through the establishment of the atmospheric emission permit system, some of existing loose jumbled, high cost, inefficient management policies can be integrated together, which can benefit the improvement of the air quality, the reduction of the management cost and the increase of the management efficiency.The discharge permit system was first implemented in Sweden, after years of practice, its role in environmental management gains recognition. The discharge permit system in developed countries gradually became the pillar of pollution prevention, and became more institutionalized and normalized. The discharge permit system in China was first implemented in 1987, but our country doesn’t have a law of discharge permit system until now, and we have a certain gap with USA, Germany in emissions trading.

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ONLINE 3D OIL PALM PLANTATION MANAGEMENT BASED ON GAME ENGINE: A CONCEPTUAL IDEA

Jurnal Teknologi ◽

10.11113/jt.v78.6937 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 78 (2-2) ◽

Author(s):

Ruzinoor Che Mat ◽

Abdul Nasir Zulkifli ◽

Norani Nordin ◽

Shahrul Azmi Mohd Yusof

Keyword(s):

Oil Palm ◽

Management System ◽

Game Engine ◽

Plantation Management ◽

Oil Palm Plantation ◽

Commodity Export ◽

The Status ◽

Game Engines

The main commodity export of Malaysia is still oil palm which is known as the backbone of Malaysian agriculture. Various problems and techniques on managing oil palm plantation has been introduces by many researchers and found that monitoring the status of oil palm plantation through online facility is very important. This could be achieved by using game engine technology. This paper discussed the conceptual idea of developing an online 3D oil palm management system based on game engine technology. The game engine can be utilized to simulate the management of an oil palm plantation, as using 3D will allow a lot more information to be conveyed. Game engines allow so much customization as able to construct an online 3D oil palm plantation. This idea would be beneficial to everyone especially future developers who might expand this idea.

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