
Ways to Improve Malaysia's Ecological Fiscal Transfers
Conservationists broadly agree that the EFT mechanism has been good for Malaysia and that all states could benefit from more money for biodiversity protection. But increasing allocations, making the scheme legally permanent and giving states more freedom on how they can spend EFT funds could make this mechanism more effective.
A co-publication by Macaranga and Eco-Business.
Writer: Samantha Ho
Editor: YH Law
Published: 10 April 2025
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(Feature image: The Selangor state government has been approving expansion of quarries (left) in the Bukit Lagong forest reserve. | Satellite image from Google Earth/Airbus)