US EditionMalaysia Says EU’s Deforestation Risk Rating Based on Old Data
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Indonesia and Malaysia tackling deforestation as new EU restrictions loom
Some stakeholders say the European Commission’s deforestation designations are too political for some, and too soft for others. Can the Commission’s balancing act protect the environment without destroying jobs?
Malaysia says EU’s deforestation risk rating based on old data
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia’s Commodities Minister on Wednesday expressed concern over the European Union classifying the country as “standard risk” under the new anti-deforestation law, saying the designation was based on old data. Addressing an event in Singapore, minister Johari Abdul Ghani said the classification was based on 2020 United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization data and Malaysia, the world’s second-largest exporter of…
Malaysia commits to global leadership in sustainable palm oil industry
SINGAPORE: Malaysia is committed to becoming a global leader in sustainable agrocommodities, especially in the palm oil industry, said Plantation and Commodities Minister Datuk Seri Johari Abdul Ghani. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd
Deforestation, understood as the systematic elimination of forests and wooded areas on a large scale, represents a serious threat to the ecological balance of the planet. This phenomenon, driven mainly by the expansion of human activities such as intensive agriculture, extensive livestock farming and urban and industrial development, leads to the irreversible loss of terrestrial tree cover. Although natural factors such as devastating forest fir…
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