Forestry Department using real-time technology to combat illegal logging

By SUZANNE LAZAROO

A suspected illegal logging area in Bakun raided under Ops Gergaji. - Photo courtesy of MACC/Filepic

The Peninsular Malaysia Forestry Department is using some of the latest technology to combat illegal logging, said Natural Resources and Environment Deputy Minister Datuk Hamim Samuri.

He said this in Parliament, in response to a question from Datuk Aaron Ago Dagang (BN-Kanowit).

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illegal logging , real-time technology , hyperspectral imaging , Forest Monitoring Using Remote Sensing (FMRS) , unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs or drones) , Geographical Information System (GIS)

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