Following the Fate of Our Forests
About this episode
Journalist Law Yao Hua discusses his project that aims to make forest data more accessible and transparent in Malaysia.
Ever so often, we hear about another patch of forest being cleared, excised or reclassified. But if you've ever tried to find out exactly what happened, when it happened, or whether it was even legal, you'll know just how difficult that information can be to access. That's exactly the problem journalist Law Yao Hua set out to solve. Drawing on years of reporting, hundreds of official gazettes and forest reserve maps, he has created Fate of Our Forests , a platform that brings together more than two decades of official changes to forest reserves across Peninsular Malaysia. It's an ambitious project that aims to make forest data more accessible, transparent and useful for everyone. Yao Hua joins us to tell us how the platform came together, what it can reveal, and why understanding the fate of our forests should matter to all Malaysians. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
People in this episode
Guest: Law Yao Hua
Topics covered
- forests
- environment
- data transparency
- journalism
- Malaysia
Keywords
- forest reserves
- data accessibility
- environmental reporting
- Malaysia
- transparency
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Fate of Our Forests
Places: Peninsular Malaysia
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