Sg Kinabatangan folk roped into forest restoration project


KOTA KINABALU: Local communities living along the nation’s second longest waterway, the Sungai Kinabatangan, are being roped in to help in a forest restoration project aimed at tackling climate change.

Villagers living around the Batu Putih area will be involved in the restoration of degraded riparian reserves or forests along riverbanks about the size of 2,500 soccer fields.

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