Macaranga Wrap-Up: October 2024

Wong Siew Lyn, Co-Founder, Macaranga

28-Oct-24 15:30

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Macaranga Wrap-Up is our ongoing monthly series done in collaboration with the co-founders of environmental journalism portal Macaranga, where we cover the top environmental news from the month past. This October, we cover Malaysia's proposed Climate Change Act and what it will hopefully encapsulate, before turning our attention to extra responsibilities for Op Bersepadu Khazanah (OBK) operations, which will now also include safeguarding Malaysia's rare earth element (REE) and mineral deposit sites in forests. Finally we discuss the abrupt cancellation of the multi million ringgit Upper Baram Forest Area project in Sarawak. Joining us this month is Wong Siew Lyn, writer and co-founder of Macaranga.

Photo Credit: Baram Peace Park

Produced by: Juliet Jacobs

Presented by: Juliet Jacobs

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Categories: politics, government, environment, Law/Activism, controversies

Tags: RUUPIN, OBK, earth matters, macaranga wrap up, Climate Change Act, Ops Bersepadu Khazanah, Baram Peace Park, Upper Baram Forest Area,

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