Conserve jungles to earn sustainable income, says minister


Shamsul planting a tree at Pantai Senok. — Bernama

THE Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources has suggested that state governments conserve their jungles to obtain sustainable income through tourism instead of logging them.

Minister Datuk Seri Dr Shamsul Anuar Nasarah said the Federal Government understood that logging was a source of income but believed there were better alternatives of generating income from the jungles.

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