Malaysia is one of the world’s megadiverse countries, and for decades, it has held itself to a global commitment to maintain at least 50% forest cover.
But as pressure on land continues to grow, and new independent data points to large areas of forest already earmarked for conversion, questions are being raised about whether that promise is still being upheld in practice.
Now, a group of six young people in Malaysia have taken the issue to court, in what is believed to be the country’s first climate-focused lawsuit of its kind, challenging not just environmental policy, but the responsibilities of government to its people.
Joining BFM to explain what the “Mana hutan kami?” (Where are our forests?) lawsuit and case is about, and what it could mean are lawyer Lim Wei Jiet, the legal counsel for the applicants, and Abe Lim, a climate governance advocate and one of the applicants in the case.
Presenter & producer: Juliet Jacobs/BFM
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