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JARINGAN KERJASAMA ANTARABANGSAINTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONdua fasa: Fasa 1, mengenal pasti, memeta dan menilaipotensi gas hidrat; dan Fasa 2, mengenal pasti teknologiyang diperlukan dalam kerja memperoleh gas-gas inisebagai sumber tenaga.Dari 24–25 Oktober, satu persidangan mengenai, ‘Awarenessand Co-operation in Geoscience for Safer, Healthier andWealthier Communities’ dijalankan. Dua saintis Malaysiatelah membentangkan dua kertas kerja.Risiko Gempa bumi dan tsunami iaitu satu projekkendalian Malaysia telah dibincang dan maklumbalasmengenai kajian ini akan dijalankan tidak lama lagi.Malaysia telah diminta berhubung Laporan CCOPmengenai ‘Langkah-langkah Menggurangkan RisikoTsunami, Fasa 1 dan 2’—dan Sekretariat Teknikal CCOPpula dinasihatkan memasukkan Malaysia, kerana kajiantersebut dipandang releven, terutama di Sabah danSarawak.,Persidangan ini banyak memberi maklumat keranatelah membuka peluang mengetahui kajian semasa,selain mengenali organisasi dan negara-negara yangterlibat– justeru membuka laluan untuk interaksi dankemungkinan menjalin projek dua hala. Banyak programCCOP, terutama mengenai pengurusan risiko tsunamidan gempa bumi, tanah runtuh dan tanah mendap,kawasan pantai yang amat berguna untuk laporanPenasihat ASM kepada Kerajaan. MemandangkanFilipina merupakan Negara yang terpaling kerapdilanda bencana alam, maka Majlis KeselamatanNegara disarankan membuat penelitian terhadap sistemmenangani bencana alam yang diamalkan oleh pihakFilipina. Sekretariat ASM juga telah disaran membuatpermohonan secara bertulis kepada Perwakilan TetapCCOP supaya memasukkan Malaysia dalam Fasa 2Kajian Mitigasi Risiko Tsunami yang akan dijalankan olehNorwegian Geotechnical Institute dalam tahun 2008.Bengkel Panel PerubatanAntara Akademi (IAMP)untuk Penyakit BaruIAMP merupakan satu jaringan akademi-akademisains dan perubatan global yang komited dalammempertingkat tahap kesihatan di seluruh dunia.Mesyuarat Agung IAMP bulan April 2006 telah meluluskantujuh program. Akademi yang mewakili Malaysiain two phases: Phase 1, on identifying, mapping andassessing the potential of gas hydrates; and the other,on the technology required to tap such gases as asource for energy supply.A conference on ‘Awareness and Co-operation inGeosciences for Safer, Healthier and Wealthier Communities’was also held from 24–25 October, where two papersfrom Malaysian scientists were presented.Malaysia’s project on earthquake and tsunami risk wasdicussed and feedback on the study is expected soon.The CCOP report on ‘Tsunami Risk Reduction Measures,Phase I and II’—and the Technical Secretariate of CCOPwas requested to include Malaysia, as the study was ofrelevance, especially in Sabah and Sarawak.The conference was informative for it provided anopportunity to know the studies being undertaken, andthe organisations and the countries involved—thus forgingan opportunity to interact and consider bilateral projects.Many work programmes of CCOP, especially on tsunamiand earthquake risks, landslides and subsidence, andcoastal zone management would be useful for ASM’sAdvisory Report to the Government. The Philippines isprobably the country most affected by natural hazards,thus Majlis Keselamatan Negara is recommended tostudy the Philippines’ System in natural hazard mitigationsystem. The ASM Secretariate was also recommendedto write to the Permanent Representative of CCOP toinclude Malaysia in the Phase II of the study on TsunamiRisk Mitigation which would be conducted by theNorwegian Geotechnical Institute in 2008.Workshop on EmergingInfectious Diseases of theInter Academy MedicalPanel (IAMP)IAMP is a global network of academies of science andmedicine, committed to improving health worldwide.Out of the seven Programmes endorsed by the GeneralAssembly of IAMP on April 2006, Malaysia, representedby the Academy had indicated a particular interest to88In Pursuit of Excellence in Science