Green drive for Terengganu state park

A team of researchers from UMT taking a boat ride across Tasik Berombak in Setiu during a research expedition. — Photos courtesy of Benua Hijau Sdn Bhd and Universiti Malaysia Terengganu

TUCKED away in the wilderness of Setiu district in Terengganu is Tasik Berombak, which few people know about except for the locals.

This freshwater lake is surrounded by vast swathes of melaleuca forest, known as hutan gelam in Bahasa Malaysia.