May 21, 2012
- Since Malaysia had already accounted for emissions from the palm oil sector in its commitment to emission mitigation at the UNFCC, by balancing the using of carbon removal capacity of the LULUCF sector, this double counting by the EPA has added back ...
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Wuhan, China. World number one Lee Chong Wei steered Malaysia to a first group tie win at the Thomas and Uber Cups in Wuhan on Monday, where the injury-hit shuttler hopes to regain his form before the Olympics.
May 19, 2012
- Nunukan, East Kalimantan. The Malaysian Government deported a total of 81 migrant workers from palm-oil plantations in Kinabalu in the Sabah region of Malaysia on Friday, after being held for three months at a detention center, according to the Indonesian consulate.
May 18, 2012
- An Indonesian woman who has been working in Malaysia in the past 18 months, has been found dead in the Malaysian state of Johor with stab wounds, a manpower and transmigration official said on Friday.
May 16, 2012
Regulations and structures to handle Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation+ (REDD) programmes, as well as building linkages with local communites and utilising local knowledge may be the key to the transboundary haze situation.
The 2nd Ministerial Steering Committee (MSC) Forum on Transboundary Haze last week decided that there is a need for regulations and incentives to be put in place by governments in order to induce the market to...
The progressive disappearance of seed-dispersing animals like elephants and rhinoceroses puts the structural integrity and biodiversity of the tropical forest of South-East Asia at risk. With the help of Spanish researchers, an international team of experts has confirmed that not even herbivores like tapirs can replace them.
“Megaherbivores act as the ‘gardeners’ of humid tropical forests: They are vital to forest regeneration and maintain its structure and biodiversity...
Peatlands store tremendous amounts of carbon. However, when they are drained and used – mainly for agriculture, grazing and forestry – peatlands become significant sources of greenhouse gas emissions. Peatlands drainage and peat fires are responsible for almost one-quarter of carbon emissions from the land use sector.
This report is a handbook for policy makers, technical audiences and others interested in peatlands. A decision support tree guides through opportunities...
May 15, 2012
- Agence France-Presse: A Malaysian government plan to double its population of endangered Malayan tigers to 1,000 through tighter protection is under threat due to persistent poaching, a conservation group warned Tuesday. Illegal hunting, fuelled by continued demand for tiger parts remains a serious threat to the animal and other endangered wildlife, MYCAT Tracks, an alliance of conservation groups, said in a report. The Malayan tiger is a subspecies of the great cat and is found in central...
May 14, 2012
- An old virus that shares similar symptoms to dengue fever had resurfaced in Cambodia in recent months and was a leading factor in this year’s sharp spike in deaths attributed to dengue, health...
A health official examines a man with a new strain of dengue fever in Takeo province last week. Photograph: Supplied
May 10, 2012
Prime Minister Hun Sen appealed to ASEAN member countries yesterday to formally agree on how to protect the rights of migrant workers as ASEAN moves toward becoming an economic community by 2015.
During his address at the ASEAN labour ministers’ meeting at the Peace Palace, the premier spoke of the importance of a unified approach to migrant workers’ safety – a topic close to Cambodia, because of abuses against maids in Malaysia.
“ASEAN has been working on this...