Macaranga Wrap-up: August 2021
Wong Siew Lyn, Co-Founder, Co-Editor and Writer, Macaranga | Law Yao Hua, Co-Founder, Co-Editor and Writer, Macaranga
30-Aug-21 15:30
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In this month's roundup of environmental news with Macaranga's Wong Siew Lyn & Law Yao Hua, we remember and pay tribute to the late Balu Perumal, MNS's Head of Conservation, who passed away from COVID-19 in early August. We also remember those who lost their lives in the devastating floods in Kedah, and discuss whether logging and deforestation played a part in the devastation caused by the heavy rainfall. Finally, we look at how the banteng - the wild cattle of Borneo - are being poached to a point that their species might be wiped out altogether in the state, and efforts being put in place to stop their decline.
Image credit: Malaysian Nature Society (MNS) Facebook, EPA-EFE & Danau Girang Field Centre (DGFC)
Produced by: Juliet Jacobs
Presented by: Juliet Jacobs
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Categories: Environment, Science
Tags: The Bigger Picture, Earth Matters, Balu Perumal, Macaranga, COVID-19, Kedah, Gunung Jerai, flash flooding, flooding, deforestation, logging, banteng, illegal poaching, captive breeding,
