Sarawak blocks open burning permits over haze fears
Sarawak's Natural Resources and Environment Board warns plantation companies and project developers against land-clearing activities to counter the haze in the state. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, April 20, 2023.
SARAWAK’s environmental watchdogs on the Natural Resources and Environment Board have temporarily stopped issuing permits for open and controlled burning as the seasonal haze is due. NREB’s acting environmental quality controller Paul Bond F. Chamberlin said notices against open burning have been sent to plantation companies and project developers involved in large-scale land-clearing activities.
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