Marine cadastre legal framework for Malaysia

Abstract

Malaysia has emerged as one of the most important country in the world maritime, and all activities in the maritime sector in the country leading national income accounting. This situation requires Malaysia to better manage the elements of the marine space for marine activities in line with the concept of sustainable development. Malaysia has a long coastline of about 4,384 km which is about 1,823 miles in the peninsula and the rest of 2561 km in Sabah and Sarawak. This paper underlines the conceptual model of marine cadastre in Malaysia and the important requirement in marine cadastre legal framework as the pillar to implement the marine cadastre in Malaysia. This aspect should be given attention by the stakeholders in the effort to make a reality the marine cadastre or similar that in Malaysia perspective is marine spatial alienation. The methodology used through the discussion and meeting activities with marine stakeholders and also produce the resolution from colloquium was made. It is also introduce the new suggestion to amend the existing law were used to parallel in marine element perspective and characteristic. The review on marine legal about the governance of Malaysia territorial water was done and result show that the issues on marine space detail is not touch in legal for administer the marine area. The legal framework is needed to ensure that implementation is running without the argument from other parties. And follow up from this, the new amendment to existing legal can be polished and modified towards the realize of marine cadastre practices in future.