Environmental issues in Brunei

But there is still opportunity for improvement, particularly in terms of ecosystem health, such as air pollution, climate and energy, forests, fisheries and water resources.

In Brunei, addressing climate change and enhancing ecosystem vitality, environmental health, and catastrophe resilience all have the potential to spur innovation and job growth in the green economy.

Finding state-level solutions to address climate change vulnerabilities that could affect Brunei's future development is the country's current challenge.

Some low-lying areas, including those in the Belait and Tutong districts, experienced flooding in August 2021 as a result of the unpredictability of the weather.

Brunei lost 14.8 kha of humid primary forest between 2002 and 2021, accounting for 52% of the country's overall loss of tree cover during that time.

[4] The third-largest island in the world, Borneo, which is shared by Malaysia, Kalimantan in Indonesia, and Brunei, is predicted to lose roughly 220,000 km sq.

Brunei has joined the effort by endorsing the declaration in order to, among other things, facilitate trade and development policies that do not promote deforestation and land degradation, reduce vulnerability, build resilience, and improve rural livelihoods, implement sustainable agriculture, hasten the transition to a resilient economy, and promote forest, sustainable land use, biodiversity, and climate goals.

The ten ASEAN nations are obligated to control transboundary haze pollution by preventing, monitoring, and mitigating land and forest fires as parties to the agreement.

[9] In order to improve the quality of its water resources and ensure their sustainability for years to come, Brunei has a number of challenges, according to an expert who spoke at a seminar recently conducted at the Ministry of Development Training Institute.

The garbage was gathered as part of a four-month operation started by JASTRe on 16 April 2018 to clean up plastic pollution in Kampong Ayer, Brunei's water village.