COMMENT | A budget that could positively influence environmental decisions on the basis of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is how WWF-Malaysia perceives the Budget 2021.

In his budget speech, Finance Minister Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz announced a number of allocations under the budget’s fourth strategy, Ensuring Resource Sustainability.

It’s reassuring to know that the government has taken environmental considerations into account when making its allocations.

In alignment with the global clarion call for a New Deal for Nature and People (NDNP), WWF-Malaysia has actively lobbied for the enhancement of progressive policies that protect and restore nature.

It’s encouraging to know that the government has considered some of our concerns in the Budget 2021...