Underlines NGOs, think tanks’ roles Simon SC Tay, the chairman and moderator of the forum delivering the concluding statement. Picture: BT/Yusri Adanan Anna Abu Bakar BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN Thursday, May 10, 2012 – Page A10 MSC Forum on Transboundary Haze NON-GOVERNMENT Organisations (NGOs), think tanks and experts were acknowledged and urged to continue and bring…
Fitri Shahminan BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN Wednesday, May 9, 2012 Public-private partnership, peatland management DEVELOPING new public-private partnership and managing the peatland were among the key steps identified in addressing forest fires and transboundary haze issues in the South Asian region. The hunt for new initiatives and mechanisms to resolve forest fire and transboundary haze issues in the South Asian region heightened yesterday as concerned…
The Ministry of Development will be making peat swamp management as “one of the priorities” in national development, according to the minister yesterday on the sidelines of the Second Ministrial Steering Committee Forum, which is currently being held in Brunei Darussalam.
Brunei Darussalam is highly commited in addressing challenges reating to haze, and this is reflected in the continued participation in issues pertaining to the matter. It is the aspiration of the Government of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam to have a clean and healthy environment.