StarMetro's report on Dec 5.
A LOCAL plan must be in place to ensure development takes place in controlled manner to safeguard nature and its surrounding, and to minimise risk for disasters, said legal expert on local government issues Derek Fernandez.
Global warming and climate change, he said, was more prevalent in recent years and it was vital for the Government and all regulators to ensure measures were taken to address them.
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