Malaysia Partners

• SEADPRI, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, UKM – A research centre based at the Institute for Environment and Development, SEADPRI-UKM has conducted multidisciplinary disaster related research at various scales, to support knowledge-based decision making on climatic, geological and technological hazards as well as to enhance human capital and capacity in Malaysia and the regional levels, particularly in Southeast Asia. SEADPRI-UKM has a total of 24 Fellows including Principal, International, National and Honorary Fellows from various fields and disciplines. SEADPRI-UKM is the Coordinating Agency for the Asian Network on Climate Science and Technology (ANCST).

• Department of Geology, University of Malaya, UM is the foremost and premier Research University in Malaysia. Its Department of Geology, where the work of this project would be carried out, is the oldest geology department in the country. The field of research being pursued ranges from fundamental geology to more applied fields such as engineering geology, geophysics, geochemistry, hydrogeology and petroleum geology.

• Malaysian Meteorology Department, MMD was established under the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation to provide the people of Malaysia with meteorological, climatological and geophysical services for national security, societal well-being and sustainable socio-economic development. MMD has implemented many initiatives within its Weather & Climate Model Development Section that will be able to provide resources fundamental to forecasting local level extreme climate.

• Department of Mineral and Geoscience Malaysia, JMG  was established through the merger of the Department of Geological Survey and Mines Department on 1 July 1999. The Department has contributed extensively to providing geoscience information, specialised expert services and related research to the benefit of the country including the improvement of socio-economic development and quality of life as well as disaster risk reduction through the use of geoscience information and effective application. The Department took proactive steps to prevent or reduce the occurrence of geohazards through geological terrain mapping and engineering geological mapping. Information from mapping activity is widely used in land use planning by local authorities and various Government agencies. The Department is also directly involved in investigating geohazards such as landslides and sinkholes to determine the cause of the incident and geological factors which trigger events and to propose preventative measures to the state authorities.

• UKM Pakarunding Sdn. Bhd., UKMP is an ISO 9001:2008 certified, multi-disciplinary consultancy firm, registered with the Treasury, Ministry of Finance Malaysia. The company was established in 1979 and was incorporated as a corporate entity in October 2001. Since its inception, UKMP has been mandated to market and disseminate the expertise of UKM’s academics, better known as subject experts, and to cater and manage their consultancy works. UKMP is also registered with PETRONAS, Tenaga Nasional Berhad, MMC Bhd, TH Properties, Japan International Cooperation Agency, Indah Water Konsortium, East Coast Economic Region (ECER), Iskandar Region Development Authority as well as Northern Corridor Implementation Authority as their technical service provider. UKMP’s pool of internal subject experts has been individually registered as EIA Consultants with the Department of Environment (DOE). At present UKMP has more than 200 active in-house consultants trained in various fields of specialization.

• Department of Environment Malaysia, DoE is responsible for ensuring sustainable development in the course of national development while ensuring a clean, healthy and safe environment for its people. DOE core services are based on its purpose to prevent, eliminate or control pollution and improve the environment, consistent with the purposes of the Environmental Quality Act 1974 and the regulations thereunder.

• Geomapping Technology Sdn. Bhd., GMT is a geoscience consulting company founded in 2002 to provide services in geosciences field with a team of highly experienced and qualified geologists. Their projects typically involve either existing or proposed engineering or land use planning projects. The company operates cutting-edge technical consulting services to help develop solutions to complex geosciences issues and to translate the latest scientific understanding so that it can be put to best use. GMT services include Land Use Planning & Feasibilities Study, Environmental Geology & Hydrogeology Investigation and Assessment, Geohazards Studies, Engineering geology and Geotechnics, Industrial Minerals & Quarry Assessment, etc.

• Param Agricultural Soil Surveys (M) Sdn. Bhd, PASS is a company that conducts soil survey and training courses in Soil Survey and Management for plantation agencies and companies. Dr Paramanathan Selliah (PS) is a Managing Director of PASS which was established by him in 1990. He is the foremost authority on tropical soils in Malaysia. He is also a Visiting Lecturer at Universiti Putra Malaysia for the subjects Land & Soil Management and Land Evaluation for Masters Programmes. Formerly, PS was Head of the Soil Survey Division, Department of Agriculture (1966-1980). He served as an academic at a local university before forming his own company. He is a member of several International Soil Classification Committees. PS has conducted over 40 soil survey projects in Southeast Asia, Africa, Papua New Guinea and Timur Leste. He has authored over 70 technical publications as well as six books and five coloured posters on Soils of Malaysia. He is now developing new approaches to manage floods and haze using latent information on the underlying soils, particularly peatlands in tropical terrain.

• Geological Society of Malaysia, GSM was founded in 1967 with the aim of promoting
  the advancement of earth sciences, particularly in Malaysia and Southeast Asia. The Society has a membership of over 700 local and international earth scientists and institutions; and is
  active in organizing conferences, technical talks, field trips and forums. It has strong collaboration with the Mineral and Geoscience Department Malaysia, Institute of Geology Malaysia and local academic institutions. At the regional level, GSM serves as the Secretariat of GEOSEA Congress and its accompanying Business Meeting, which was first convened in 1972 and has since been hosted by the Geological Societies of eleven countries in Southeast Asia.

• CoRE Expert Systems Sdn. Bhd., CES is a Research and Development company whose personnel
  have vast experience in computer systems development, particularly in the Simulations and Virtual Reality industry. The company has developed and sold several creative-edge products to both local and foreign governments. CoRE utilizes 3rd party partners to market its products, thus concentrating purely only in the development of high-end systems and research into High-Tech products. CoRE has a very large number of man-years in terms of development experience in computing in general and Simulations and Virtual Reality in particular. Amongst them are Water Vortex Simulations, Realtime Intrusion Management System for Technology Park Malaysia, Virtual GIS Software for MACRES, Karacho Expressway Simulations for the Karachi Municipal, Pakistan, Aircraft Identification System for the Myammar Army, RPG-7 Simulator for the Malaysian Army and many others. CoRE has recently been awarded with a Class-A 1-Innocert Award from SME Corporation.