A morass of a problem

By Ravindran Raman Kutty

Needing protection: An excavator clearing a part of mangrove forest at Teluk Rubiah, Kuala Gula in Perak. — filepic

ACCORDING to recent reports, Malaysia suffered the highest rate of forest loss in the world at 14.4% or about 47,278 sq km between 2000 and 2012, followed by Paraguay at 9.6%.

This figure is shocking and mangrove forests are also facing a similar situation.

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