Bruno Manser Fronds: Borneo Resources Institute Malaysia (BRIMAS) strongly calls upon the State Government of Sarawak to halt its current development policy and practice of developing its 1.7 million hectares of peat soil land for large scale oil palm plantations as its development is tantamount to the build-up of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Over the recent years, about 750,000 hectares of land have been planted with oil palm trees. Of this, about 70% are deep peat soil area in Sarawak. With this …