News Headline

Slash-and-Burn Agriculture must Stop

Source
Clean Malaysia

Publication Date
2017-08-14

By burning peatlands to make way for palm oil plantations and vegetable plots, therefore, locals risk destroying these swamps’ ecosystems while simultaneously releasing vast amounts of CO2 back into the atmosphere, thereby exacerbating the effects of climate change. To stop that from happening, Malaysian authorities have pledged to impose harsher penalties on land owners found to burn peat illegally on their properties.

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http://cleanmalaysia.com/2017/08/13/slash-burn-agriculture-must-stop/