KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 27 — The Kelantan government’s move to make changes to its development plan involving environmentally sensitive areas (ESAs) will have implications on the...
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Singapore man gets seven years jail for killing pregnant wife, after attempted suicide when accounting error made him think business was doomedMinister of Natural Resources, Environment and Climate Change Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad in a statement today said the federal government disagrees, in principle, with the state’s move to declassify parts of its permanent forest reserve as environmentally non-sensitive areas.
He said the move to declare the Gua Musang enclave as an environmentally non-sensitive area, for example, will affect the status of Kelantan National Park.“I hope that the state government will reconsider the proposed changes to the development plan involving the ESAs in Kelantan and work closely with the NRECC to strengthen forest management and development, and maintain existing forest land for the sustainability of the environment,” he said.
He said the population of the Malayan tiger and other animals in Kelantan, including elephants and tapirs, will also be endangered due to habitat loss, besides increasing human-wildlife conflicts, resulting in crop damage, property destruction, and loss of life.Uncontrolled deforestation that may follow the declassification could also lead to more severe flood woes as such activity has already resulted in flash floods in Kelantan for over a decade, he said.
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