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Macaranga Wrap-Up: July 2024

Wong Siew Lyn and Law Yao Hua, Co-Founders, Macaranga

29-Jul-24 15:30

Macaranga Wrap-Up: July 2024

As July wraps up, we too want to bring you a roundup of the top environmental news from the month past, with the co-founders of environmental journalism portal, Macaranga. Wong Siew Lyn and Law Yao Hua join us once again, first to discuss Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage efforts in Malaysia, which have been ramping up significantly, and why it's being championed as a climate solution. In conjunction with Global Tiger Day celebrated on the 29th of July, we also take a look at how our Malayan tigers are doing, and discuss the sad cases of tiger deaths which have increased significantly in the last 12 months. Finally, we look at the historic floods that happened in Penampang in Sabah, and whether there are solutions to this long-standing crisis.


Image credits:

  • - Photo of Floods in Penampang on October 12, 2021 taken by Adrian Banie Lasimbang

  • - Photo of Mangrove Boardwalk taken by A. Aldrie Amir

  • - Photo of Malayan Tiger taken by joelblazewicz via Shutterstock

Produced by: Juliet Jacobs

Presented by: Juliet Jacobs


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Categories:  environment

Tags:  CCUS technologyclimate solutionsMalayan Tiger conservationSabah floodsthe bigger pictureearth matterscarbon captureUtilisation and Storagegreenwashingclimate crisisglobal tiger daybiodiversity crisisdeforestationforest plantationspan borneo highwayadrian lasimbang





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