Assessment of Sustainability Elements
in Forestry Department of Peninsular
Malaysia by Using Universiti Sains
Malaysia’s Sustainability Assessment
Methodology (SAM)
Marlinah Muslim, Siti Fairuz Mohd Radzi and Mohd Sayuti Hassan
Abstract The Sustainability Assessment Methodology (SAM) has been developed
by the Centre for Global Sustainability Studies (CGSS) of Universiti Sains Malaysia
(USM). SAM uses the Sustainability/Sustainable Development ‘criteria and standards’ based approach for this purpose as review in this paper. The standard validity
of this approach is attested by its dependence on the major outcome documents
published by the United Nations and other relevant national report for Millenium
Development Goals (MDG) agenda and WEHAB Framework. In this paper, SAM is
used to assess the sustainability content of the activities of the Forestry Department
of Peninsular Malaysia (JPSM) by using 6 years of annual reports of JPSM as the
source of input. The main reason as to why authors did not use 2016 and later annual
report is because of the authors intend to compare the result with MDG indicators.
The authors realise that there are specific assessment that has been used by the JPSM
to evaluate the peninsular forest management, however, this study does not intend to
interfere those certification and assessment. The only aim of this study is to gauge
their overall confinement to the global sustainability thinking and priorities.
Keywords Sustainability · Sustainable development · Forestry assessment ·
SAM · JPSM · MDG · WEHAB
M. Muslim (B) · S. F. M. Radzi · M. S. Hassan
Level 5, Centre for Global Sustainability Studies, Universiti Sains Malaysia,
11800 Penang, Malaysia
e-mail: marlinah_muslim@usm.my
S. F. M. Radzi
e-mail: fairuzradzi@usm.my
M. S. Hassan
e-mail: sayuti@usm.my
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
W. Leal Filho et al. (eds.), Universities as Living Labs for Sustainable Development,
World Sustainability Series, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15604-6_51
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in Forestry Department of Peninsular
Malaysia by Using Universiti Sains
Malaysia’s Sustainability Assessment
Methodology (SAM)
Marlinah Muslim, Siti Fairuz Mohd Radzi and Mohd Sayuti Hassan
Abstract The Sustainability Assessment Methodology (SAM) has been developed
by the Centre for Global Sustainability Studies (CGSS) of Universiti Sains Malaysia
(USM). SAM uses the Sustainability/Sustainable Development ‘criteria and standards’ based approach for this purpose as review in this paper. The standard validity
of this approach is attested by its dependence on the major outcome documents
published by the United Nations and other relevant national report for Millenium
Development Goals (MDG) agenda and WEHAB Framework. In this paper, SAM is
used to assess the sustainability content of the activities of the Forestry Department
of Peninsular Malaysia (JPSM) by using 6 years of annual reports of JPSM as the
source of input. The main reason as to why authors did not use 2016 and later annual
report is because of the authors intend to compare the result with MDG indicators.
The authors realise that there are specific assessment that has been used by the JPSM
to evaluate the peninsular forest management, however, this study does not intend to
interfere those certification and assessment. The only aim of this study is to gauge
their overall confinement to the global sustainability thinking and priorities.
Keywords Sustainability · Sustainable development · Forestry assessment ·
SAM · JPSM · MDG · WEHAB
M. Muslim (B) · S. F. M. Radzi · M. S. Hassan
Level 5, Centre for Global Sustainability Studies, Universiti Sains Malaysia,
11800 Penang, Malaysia
e-mail: marlinah_muslim@usm.my
S. F. M. Radzi
e-mail: fairuzradzi@usm.my
M. S. Hassan
e-mail: sayuti@usm.my
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
W. Leal Filho et al. (eds.), Universities as Living Labs for Sustainable Development,
World Sustainability Series, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15604-6_51
835