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Macaranga Wrap-Up: February 2025

Wong Siew Lyn, Co-Founder, Macaranga

24-Feb-25 15:35

Macaranga Wrap-Up: February 2025

For February's wrap-up of top environmental news, Wong Siew Lyn, co-founder of environmental journalism portal Macaranga, joins us to first discuss the impacts of the recent flooding on conservation projects in Kinabatangan in Sabah, then to explain the government's plans to punish litterbugs, and finally how Malaysia chairing ASEAN might impact the environment and sustainability efforts across the region. 

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Produced by: Juliet Jacobs

Presented by: Juliet Jacobs


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Tags:  Kinabatangan floodslitterbugsenvironmental protectionsthe bigger pictureearth mattersmacarangafloodskinabatangan riverlitteringasean manufacturing





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