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“We don’t own the deforested land, ” says the Pahang Forestry Department after being implicated in a viral social media campaign highlighting the level of environmental degradation happening in Malaysia.
Netizens had recently voiced their concern and disappointment when images of a hillside which had been cleared of trees located next to the Kuantan District Forest Department spread online.
Missing forest isn’t ours, says Pahang Forestry Department
Following this, Pahang Forestry Department Director Datuk Mohd Hizamri Mohd Yassin came to clarify that the deforested land, which he said was around 20 hectares in size, was part of two privately owned lots located outside the Bukit Galing Forest Reserve.
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Laugh or cry, Malaysians were bewildered by a ‘missing’ patch of forest supposedly near the Kuantan District Forest Department in Pahang.
Images circulating online point to the irony of how a small hillside apparently located next to the department’s office building and in the middle of Pahang’s state capital, laid barren and devoid of trees.
this forest files is something that EVERY malaysian should read.
part 4 of the forest files uncovers all the obstacles in forest conservtion which include huge discrepancies between official records & the reality cited by a retired FRIM deputy director general. https://t.co/UXeDpjiWNa freyr (@notsoaidil) April 26, 2021