Even After A Few Years, Tasik Chini STILL Risks Losing Its UNESCO Title Due To Past Deforestation & Mining | TRP

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Tasik Chini or the Chini Lake in Pahang has been declared a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Biosphere Reserve in 2009.

First periodical review doesn’t look promising However, the status of the biosphere reserve is currently under scrutiny and its preliminary findings are not favourable, according to MalaysiaKini. Even after a year of UNESCO biosphere declaration, some former mining sites located at high gradient points have re-opened and expanded. This resulted in disastrous impacts on the environment including sedimentation, water quality deterioration, and river bank degradation.

Villagers there said that the waters there were so clean once upon a time that they could directly drink from the lake. But of course, they can’t do that now. Massive lotus bloom used to attract tourists Additionally, tourism there has also been declining, due to deforestation. Despite uninviting news, there’s no status withdrawal, yet Even with all the findings, Tasik Chini’s status as a biosphere reserve is not at risk of being revoked because of these, said the specialists at UNESCO MAB Programme.

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