KUCHING, May 19 — Deputy Sarawak Premier Datuk Awang Tengah Ali Hasan today said the Forests Bill 2022 is to provide better management of forests and natural resources, in line with the state's environmental sustainability plans.
According to Awang Tengah, Sarawak has a total land area of approximately 12.4 million hectares and currently comprising 7.7 million hectares or 62 per cent is still under forest cover. "From these forested areas, carbon sequestration can be carried out to form carbon stocks and carbon credit units can be derived,” Awang Tengah said when tabling the Forests 2022 Bill in the State Assembly.
"There will be more focus on the conservation, reforestation and restoration of our forests in support of global efforts to mitigate the effects of climate change and opportunities to secure new sources of revenues from our forests.
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