Macaranga Wrap-Up: July 2025

Law Yao Hua, Co-Founder, Macaranga | Wong Siew Lyn, Co-Founder, Macaranga

28-Jul-25 15:30

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Every month, we catch up with Law Yao Hua and Wong Siew Lyn, the co-founders of environmental journalism portal Macaranga, to chat about the biggest environmental news making waves in Malaysia. July gave us everything from new rules on plastic waste, to a major wildlife crime bust, to the return of that all-too-familiar haze. Yao Hua and Siew Lyn join us to share the 411.

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Categories: environment

Tags: haze action plan, the bigger picture, earth matters, haze, transboundary haze, plastic pollution, basel convention, plastic waste imports, Global Plastics Treaty, wildlife trafficking, wildlife crime, wildlife protection, poaching,

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