NCA controversy blocked Sabah from cashing in on carbon credit trade, says Kitingan's aide

KOTA KINABALU: The controversy over Sabah's Nature Carbon Agreement (NCA) is a major setback for the state in harnessing income from carbon credit sales from its two-million-hectare forest reserve, says an NCA proponent Anuar Abdul Ghani.

The controversy itself put many international parties interested in the deal on the "backfoot" while the Sabah Forestry Department was also slow in providing the necessary data to meet the various technical requirements, he said.