Faizal Parish, director of the Malaysian nonprofit Global Environment Centre who has worked on sustainable peatland management, fire prevention and transboundary haze for 30 years, believes Malaysia is right to adopt a more regional approach.
“Key practitioners in ASEAN and Australia shared insights on the impacts and potential risks of the pandemic situation on ASEAN’s response to fire and haze events, as well as lessons learnt from the 2020 Mekong dry season and 2019 Australia bushfire crisis. Further, they shared preparedness actions for the upcoming dry season in the Southern…
PRESS RELEASE HAZE IN MALAYSIA: IT IS NOT OVER YET Expert says transboundary haze likely to continue till October or November 2019 and warns on Continuing High Risk of Drought and Fires in Southern Borneo and Sumatra until December 2019 PETALING JAYA, 20 SEPTEMBER 2019: Malaysia’s skies have been severely impacted by transboundary smoke haze…
SINGAPORE — A local volunteer group is taking its goal of tackling haze a step further, by embarking on a canal-blocking project that will lower the chances of dry peat soil catching fire easily — a project to be financed by crowdfunding. People’s Movement to Stop Haze (PM.Haze), which was formed in Feb 2014, will…
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