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Macaranga Wrap-up: 2021

Wong Siew Lyn, co-founder, Macaranga | Law Yao Hua, co-founder, Macaranga

13-Dec-21 15:00

Macaranga Wrap-up: 2021

It's our final wrap-up of the year with the folks from local journalism portal Macaranga, Wong Siew Lyn and Law Yao Hua. On the show today, we have a wide-ranging discussion on environment-related news from 2021, related to forests (and deforestation), wildlife conservation, and also the outcomes of COP26, while also looking forward to what might be in 2022. You can find out how to support Macaranga's independent brand of environmental journalism here.

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Categories:  environment

Tags:  National Forestry policy,  no deforestation pledge,  Wildlife Act 2010,  Malayan tigers,  the bigger picture,  earth matters,  deforestation,  malaysian forestry policy,  wildlife conservation,  wildlife trafficking,  turtle eggs,  cop26,  climate crisis,  eia,  macaranga,  environmental journalism, 


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