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Climate change, ferocious weather and ‘the haze’ are now part our everyday lives. How are our lifestyles connected to them, and what can we do about it? What does the economy have to do with it? Earth Matters engages with activists and experts to explore our changing relationship with the planet that we only borrow from our children.
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April 21, 2025
<p>You’ve probably heard about saving coral reefs and planting mangroves, but what about seagrass? These underwater meadows are quietly holding up our coasts and climate, but we’re losing them fast - at about two football fields every hour, globally. In the first of a two part series on seagrass, we speak to marine ecologist Associate Professor Dr. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://teamseahabitats.weebly.com/project-pulih.html">Jillian Ooi</a>, to help us understand seagrass better, why protecting existing seagrass is far more effective than replanting, and what’s at stake if we don’t act now.</p><p><br>Image Credit: Shutterstock </p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>
April 16, 2025
<p>Malaysia’s forests and ecosystems are critical to both our natural heritage and climate goals — and yet, managing them often falls to state governments with limited resources and incentives. That’s where the Ecological Fiscal Transfer, or EFT, comes in: a federal funding mechanism designed to reward states for protecting their natural assets. But how well is it working, and what could make it stronger? To explore these questions, we speak to Samantha Ho, a regional correspondent with media company EcoBusiness, who recently co-authored a <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.macaranga.org/tracking-the-outcomes-of-malaysia-ecological-fiscal-transfers-eft-for-nature-conservation/">two-part</a> series on <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.macaranga.org/ways-to-improve-malaysia-ecological-fiscal-transfers/">EFTs</a> for Macaranga, exploring how EFTs function on the ground. We also speak to environmental lawyer Preetha Sankar, who joins us to offer a legal perspective on how these funds could be better supported by policy and regulation. </p><p></p><p>Image Credit: Shutterstock</p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>
April 14, 2025
<p>It’s a classic David versus Goliath story: two environmental NGOs taking on the state government to protect Bukit Cherakah Forest Reserve — only to be held back by a judicial delay that’s lasted over a year. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://pekamalaysia.org/">Pertubuhan Pelindung Khazanah Alam</a> (Peka) and the <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://shahalamforest.org/wp/">Shah Alam Community Forest Society</a> (SACF) say the system is failing them, and the forest, with legal processes moving far too slowly to keep pace with the chainsaws. We hear from Alicia Teoh, (Founder and Secretary, Shah Alam Community Forest Society), Damien Thanam (Exco, Pertubuhan Pelindung Khazanah Alam) and lawyer Rajesh Nagarajan (President, Pertubuhan Pelindung Khazanah Alam), who explain the details of this on-going case, and share why this pristine rainforest must be protected from further destruction.</p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>
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