KUCHING: An ongoing research project on peat ecosystem sciences in Sarawak has been extended with a grant of RM7.5mil from the Plantation Industries and Commodities Ministry and Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB).
Welcoming the extension, the Sarawak Oil Palm Plantation Owners Association (Soppoa) said it would enable the research on “Ecosystem Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics of Tropical Peatland” to continue from 2017 to 2020.
