Environment

I suppose that it never occured to us as we plan our holidays domestically or to exotic places abroad, we might be aiding in the destruction of the eco-system, what contributing to non-sustainable economy.
Articles on environment have of course come up again and again in various newspapers in Malaysia. Unfortunately, they never seem to occupy the same importance as what some minister or another has to say about something (like the recent brouhaha (a joke, if you ask me) on the National Service issue-for those who not in the know, Malaysia has tried to implement a national service system like Israel, Singapore and various strategically (or imagined to be) threatened countries.
I find it interesting that an article about how the indiscriminate building of holiday resorts in Port Dickson is juxtaposed next to an ad to the reader about booking a holiday with a resort in Terengganu. See Crowded Beachfront. What would be an academic or lay person's take on this? A way to forget about the gravity of the issue by immersing yourself in the epicurean pleasures of a decadent holiday in the yearly holiday plans?

Also, check out this Notification on Further work on the effects on forest biological diversity of insufficient forest law enforcement Thematic area: Forest Biological Diversity. Perhaps you might want to check if your respective countries participant to this proposition. To know where all this is coming from check out the website for the Convention for Biological Diversity