{
  "id": 10834303,
  "title": "Sabah's mangroves hold carbon credit promise",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/sabahs-mangroves-hold-carbon-credit-promise",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-30T02:21:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Straits Times",
    "slug": "new-straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.nst.com.my/news/regional/2026/09/1544374/sabahs-mangroves-hold-carbon-credit-promise"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Sabah's mangroves could hold significant promise for generating carbon credits, according to Professor Datuk Dr Hng Paik San from Universiti Putra Malaysia. However, he emphasizes the need for a robust data and certification framework before the potential can be fully realized. Mangroves are described as the best option for carbon credits after Acacia trees, but the research fellow stresses the importance of developing a viable commercial model to sustain conservation activities. Sabah already has two Ramsar sites, and the emergence of a carbon-credit market, with the Kuamut Rainforest Conservation Project being the first Malaysian nature-based carbon project to have its carbon credits offered through Bursa Carbon Exchange, suggests that this potential is being recognized.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}