Carbon Credit System for Malaysian Planters, Workable?

Khor Yu Leng, Economist, Segi Enam Advisers

08-Dec-25 08:45

Carbon Credit System for Malaysian Planters, Workable?

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Felda is promoting a carbon-credit system for oil-palm plantations but is this workable in a Malaysian context? Khor Yu Leng, Economist, Segi Enam Advisers gives us her perspective whilst explaining the impact of the EU delaying its review of the deforestation regulation.

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Produced by: Agnes Ong

Presented by: Wong Shou Ning

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Categories: economy, environment, Law/Activism, government

Tags: carbon credit system, deforestation regulation, Malaysia plants, felda, oil palm plantations,

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