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Melaka is pioneering sustainable landscape development through digital tree management and conservation efforts, with nearly 71,000 trees catalogued and thousands newly planted across the state.
Pahang's Ecological Fiscal Transfer allocation has increased to RM24.57 million this year, up from RM23.22 million, giving the state greater flexibility in forest conservation and development spending.
Thai authorities have launched an intensive rescue operation for a critically ill wild elephant calf discovered alone on a riverbank in Kanchanaburi province. The two-week-old male, separated from its herd, faces life-threatening dehydration and multiple injuries requiring specialist veterinary intervention.
Malaysia's Malayan tiger population is rebounding following the government's Biodiversity Protection and Patrol programme, which has intensified enforcement patrols and cracked down on poaching since 2019.
Melaka has been awarded RM9.801 million under the Ecological Fiscal Transfer for Biodiversity Conservation initiative for 2026, with disbursements made in stages to strengthen environmental protection and sustainability across the state.
Malaysia's Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has launched Karnival Alam Kita 2026 in Johor, bringing sustainability initiatives and environmental awareness programmes directly to communities through interactive activities and youth ambassador training.
Kelantan's deputy menteri besar has assured that every degazetted forest reserve will be replaced with equivalent land to maintain the state's forest coverage, following degazetting of Temangan Forest Reserve for granite mining.
Malaysia's federal government has committed RM250 million through the Ecological Fiscal Transfer mechanism to support state-level biodiversity conservation initiatives in 2026, alongside revenue-sharing provisions aimed at protecting local communities.
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Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has stressed the need for closer coordination between federal and state governments to effectively implement Malaysia's climate change agenda and meet international environmental commitments.