KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia won’t proceed with a proposed invoice to stop transborder haze air pollution, its surroundings ministry stated, citing difficulties in acquiring the mandatory data for prosecution functions.
Virtually each dry season, smoke from fires to clear land for palm oil and pulp and paper plantations in Indonesia blankets a lot of the area, resulting in considerations for public well being.
In a written reply to parliament on Wednesday, Malaysia’s surroundings ministry stated a diplomatic strategy by negotiations was a greater approach to “collectively handle” haze points involving worldwide borders.
“To allow the enforcement of a transboundary haze air pollution invoice, clear proof that transboundary haze originates from neighbouring international locations should be supported by enough information equivalent to location maps, coordinates, landowner data and firms working within the location of fires,” the ministry stated.
It stated such data was troublesome to acquire because it concerned issues of confidentiality, safety and nationwide sovereignty.
Malaysia final month referred to as on Indonesia and a grouping of Southeast Asian nations to take motion as air high quality worsened throughout the nation attributable to fires in Indonesia.
Virtually each dry season, smoke from fires to clear land for palm oil and pulp and paper plantations in Indonesia blankets a lot of the area, resulting in considerations for public well being.
In a written reply to parliament on Wednesday, Malaysia’s surroundings ministry stated a diplomatic strategy by negotiations was a greater approach to “collectively handle” haze points involving worldwide borders.
“To allow the enforcement of a transboundary haze air pollution invoice, clear proof that transboundary haze originates from neighbouring international locations should be supported by enough information equivalent to location maps, coordinates, landowner data and firms working within the location of fires,” the ministry stated.
It stated such data was troublesome to acquire because it concerned issues of confidentiality, safety and nationwide sovereignty.
Malaysia final month referred to as on Indonesia and a grouping of Southeast Asian nations to take motion as air high quality worsened throughout the nation attributable to fires in Indonesia.
