The Government vows to Get Tough on slash-and-burn Cultivators

The Government vows to Get Tough on slash-and-burn Cultivators

Slash-and-burn forest clearing can deal incalculable damage to local ecosystems, yet forest fires, large and small, continue to be set around much of Malaysia largely in order to clear woods for agricultural plots and palm oil plantations. To date the government has largely been fighting a rearguard action against the practice…