Environment news in Tanjung Aru

1. Kota Kinabalu City Hall and conservation group form task force to protect wetland

   4 days ago Daily Express Sabah Kota Kinabalu Wetland Ramsar Site, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah 5.3 km

   Kota Kinabalu City Hall (DBKK) and the Sabah Wetlands Conservation Society (SWCS) have formed a Joint Mangrove Clean-Up Task Force to tackle pollution threatening the Kota Kinabalu Wetland Ramsar Site. SWCS President Datuk Zainie Abdul Aucasa identified eateries, workshops and squatter settlements as the main pollution sources, and clarified that recent demolitions were part of a larger, recurring effort to address the issue.

2. Sabah DOE records unhealthy API levels in four stations

   1 week ago Daily Express Sabah Kota Kinabalu 3.3 km

   Sabah's air quality deteriorated to unhealthy levels on Thursday due to transboundary haze from forest and peatland fires in Kalimantan, Indonesia. Four Department of Environment monitoring stations recorded unhealthy API readings, with Kota Kinabalu at 156, while the state director reminded the public that open burning is illegal.