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Open burning in Sarawak

Open burning in Sarawak. Minister Chin (2005): Open burning unacceptable method. “Zero-burning is enforced by our country’s laws” Malaysia Palm: Golden Oil from Green Agriculture. Video released by the Malaysian Palm Oil Council (MPOC), launched in Kota Kinabalu, May 2008.

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Open burning in Sarawak

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  1. Open burning in Sarawak

  2. Minister Chin (2005):Open burning unacceptable method

  3. “Zero-burning is enforced by our country’s laws”Malaysia Palm: Golden Oil from Green Agriculture. Video released by the Malaysian Palm Oil Council (MPOC), launched in Kota Kinabalu, May 2008.

  4. Federal law: (1) This order may be cited as the Environmental Quality (Declared Activities) (Open Burning) Order 2003.(2) This Order comes into operation on 1 January 2004. The Federal Order declares various types of open burning as not being open burning, but all exemptions state that burning can not carried out at any peat soil area. The Federal Order allows oil palm smallholders to burn under some soft terms and conditions.

  5. June 2004; Sarawak launches Fire Danger Rating System “The unique situation in Sarawak, he said, is that many logged-over areas are in the process of being converted to commercial crop plantations.” YAB Pehin Sri Dr. Haji Abdul Taib Mahmud, Chief Minister of Sarawak

  6. Open burning in Sarawak Time series for Daro – Mukah Division (2001-2008) Source: FireMapper

  7. 2001

  8. 2002

  9. 2003

  10. 2004

  11. 2005

  12. 2006

  13. 2007

  14. 2008 (to 08-08-’08)

  15. Accumulative (to 08-08-’08)

  16. Land clearing in Daro – Mukah up to 5 August 2008 (source: SarVision)

  17. 2007 Lower Rajang OPP

  18. Lower Rajang Oil Palm Plantation 24 June 2008

  19. 2008 Victoria Square OPP

  20. Top: Burning 5 July 2008; Below: burnt peat forest Top: Burned peat 12 July 2008; Below: haze in Sibu town early August

  21. Ta Ann Naman oil palm block Ta Ann, Naman block

  22. 2000 (area still peat forest)

  23. 2001 2001

  24. 2002

  25. 2003

  26. 2003 2004

  27. 2005 (land clearing completed)

  28. Note the close vicinity to Sibu town, and the fragmented peat swamp research plot Sibu Ta Ann OPP with ramin research plot

  29. Open burning in Mukah, 2006

  30. Burned windrow in Sibu, 2008

  31. Fire hot spots (2005-2008), Betong Division SALCRA Roban North THP Sablor/Saribas RH Forest Corp. PF/oil palm

  32. Smallholder oil palm in burnt plot inside THP Saribas concession, Betong, July 2008

  33. Burned snag inside RH Forest Corporation Saribas concession, Betong, July 2008

  34. Zero-burning land clearing in THP Saribas, July 2008. Amount and size of snags indicate this site was previously still covered with peat swamp forest

  35. Burnt stump in THP Sablor land clearing, July 2008.

  36. Burning marks inside SALCRA Roban North Block, Betong, July 2008

  37. Lesser Hawk Eagle on burnt snag in SALCRA Roban North Block, Betong, July 2008

  38. Fire hot spots and haze in North Borneo (2008):A cause for concern?

  39. “No cause for concern”Sarawak Minister of Environment and Public Health(The Borneo Post, 8 August 2008)

  40. The same day, open burning permits had to be frozen

  41. On 18 August 2008, fire hotspots reappeared , causing another haze episode in Sibu

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