Macaranga

Starting in August 2023, Macaranga will publish in-depth stories on a topic in the first full week of every month. The exception is December when we hold our annual physical event.

Newsletters: Editorial commentary on noteworthy news and research on the Malaysian environment and snippets of interesting new research. Delivered in the second full week of every month (except December). Sample here.

Webinars: Discussion on the in-depth stories of the month, typically with journalists and experts/practitioners. Hosted via Zoom in the third full week of every month (except December). Sample here.

Digital annual magazine: A compilation of our stories and achievements for the year. Targeted delivery: end of December 2023.

Field dispatches: Snippets of text, notes, and/or photos that reveal how our journalists are investigating their stories.

Physical event: A gathering of Macaranga Supporters and invited environmental experts/practitioners to meet and share thoughts on the key ideas in environmental sustainability going forward and scheduled in December.

Suggest story ideas: Tier 4 Supporters can submit story ideas to Macaranga for the next year; submissions will be voted on by all Supporters and Macaranga will report on two of the top four favourites. Held in December.

Last modified on 22 July 2023 00:00 GMT+8

These Terms and Conditions govern the relationship between Macaranga Media Sdn Bhd (“MMSB”) and each person ("Supporter) who signed up and paid for a Macaranga Supporter membership . By making a financial contribution (“Contribution”), the Supporter agrees and acknowledges that:

1. The contribution is made subject to these Terms and Conditions, which shall constitute a legally binding agreement between the Supporter and MMSB (the “Agreement”).
2. The Supporter is aged 18 or over.
3. The Contribution is provided by the Supporter to MMSB to pay for the services rendered by MMSB to produce editorial and related content for www.macaranga.org and to receive the products specific to membership tiers and is subject to MMSB’s right to return any Contribution at its discretion.
4. The Supporter has no rights to dictate the editorial policy or output of MMSB.
5. MMSB is a private company limited by shares, and the Contribution is not a charitable donation and supporters are not eligible to any tax relief in Malaysia or worldwide.
6. No party may receive funds on behalf of MMSB.

Processing of Contribution

1. Each Contribution is individually refundable, and will be accounted for separately by MMSB.
2. Once the Contribution is processed, MMSB is entitled to the full amount of the Contribution and the Supporter has no entitlement to the return of a Contribution in any circumstances other than as specified in these Terms and Conditions.

Rewards

1. Certain products or services ("Rewards") may have limited quantities. We reserve the right, but are not obligated, to limit the distribution of our Rewards to any person, geographic region or jurisdiction. We may exercise this right on a case-by-case basis. We reserve the right to limit the quantities of any Rewards. 

2. All descriptions of Rewards are subject to change at any time without notice, at the sole discretion of us.

3. We do not warrant that the quality of any Rewards obtained by you will meet your expectations.

4. Physical rewards will be shipped out at the next processing cycle after receiving your membership payment (at the latest each annual quarter).

5. For shipping outside of Malaysia, we will add shipping and handling fees, and all applicable sales tax.  Shipping and delivery dates are estimates only and cannot be guaranteed. We are not liable for any delays in shipments. 

6. The risk of loss and title for Rewards shipped pass to you upon delivery of the products to the carrier for shipment.

Refund of Contribution

1. MMSB reserves the right to refuse and return any contribution in its absolute discretion, including without limitation where it believes that accepting the Contribution would conflict with the mission, values or interests of MMSB, and/or where, having regard to the source of the Contribution or intentions of the Supporter, MMSB considers that to accept the Contribution could damage the independence or reputation of MMSB or adversely affect the relationship of MMSB with other Supporters or stakeholders.
2. Any refused and/or returned Contribution shall be repaid into the account from which the contribution was made.
3. MMSB reserves the right to request from the Supporter their full name and any information that it considers necessary to determine the provenance of the Contribution.
4. If the Supporter refuses to provide any information requested by MMSB under clause 1 in this section, MMSB may refuse and return the Contribution to the Supporter at its discretion.

Recurring payment

1. Contributions will be recurring based on period selected by the Supporter unless and until it is ended by the Supporter before the end of the cycle or is ended by MMSB in accordance with the provisions of the section on Refund of Contribution.
2. Recurring Contributions can be ended by the Supporters choosing so on their respective member profile pages.

Use of data

1. MMSB abides by the Malaysian Personal Data Protection Act 2010. Please also read our site's Privacy Policy.

Liability

1. Neither MMSB nor any affiliated person, employee, agent, officer or director shall be liable for any loss suffered by any supporter or other person arising out of or in connection with a contribution, whether direct or indirect, including loss of revenue, loss of profits, loss of business or anticipated savings, loss of use, loss of goodwill, loss of data, and whether caused by tort (including negligence), breach of contract or otherwise, except in respect of any liability for death or personal injury or any other liability which cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law.

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