Map-sharing already an issue at haze meeting in KL
(TMI) – The maps, if used with satellite images, can help pinpoint exactly who owns the rights to logging or plantation activity on land where hotspots occur.
Environment ministers from Indonesia and Malaysia have refused to share with counterparts from neighbouring countries land concession maps which would pinpoint those who burn land illegally, especially in Indonesia.
This obstacle has cropped up at the 15th Sub-Regional Ministerial Steering Committee (MSC) on Transboundary Haze Pollution which begins today in Kuala Lumpur to tackle the hazardous haze problem that occurred last month.
Quoting sources, The Straits Times reported that the Indonesians and Malaysians have argued that it was not permissible to share that information under their laws.
