KOTA KINABALU: The state government should make public details of the controversial Nature Conservation Agreement (NCA) for carbon credit sales, say civil society organisations.
They said that if the state was going ahead with the NCA, many questions were left unanswered, especially on whether the state would be able to obtain revenue under the agreement.
"If the NCA is to go forward, there is an urgent need for the government to make public the details of the agreement," they added in a statement. Among the key issues, the group said was that the project proponents have not engaged with the communities which may be impacted by the NCA. "The lack of consultation with experts and stakeholders has also resulted in numerous questions on the NCA," they added.
"The current NCA will operate in forests which are already protected – hence it is unclear how the agreement would achieve additionality," they said, adding that forest restoration at scale and in remote areas is prohibitively expensive and difficult to implement.
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