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Podcast: Consider This
Episode: Consider This: Limestone Karst | Confluence of commerce & conservation?
Description: Malaysia's tropical limestone karst landscapes stand at the intersection of ecological heritage and economic interests. Can industry and academia meet to address the duality of conservation and development of these karst areas? On this episode of #ConsiderThis Melisa Idris speaks to Datuk Zakaria Mohamad, Chairman of the geoprofessional firm GMT Group, and Professor Emeritus Datuk Dr Ibrahim Komoo, Director of the Research Consortium for the Preservation and Sustainable Development of Tropical Limestone Karst, a collaborative effort between YTL Cement with the Ministry of Higher Education and five local universities.