Mandatory licensing for carbon trading activities in Sabah after Forest Enactment amendments


KOTA KINABALU: All carbon trading activities in Sabah now require mandatory licensing, following amendments to the Forest Enactment 1968 to regulate such activities.

Anyone carrying out such activities without a licence may face a fine of up to RM5mil and five years jail as stipulated in the amended law passed by the state legislative assembly on Thursday (April 17).

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