BERUAS: The Cabinet has decided to prohibit all kinds of logging near the Pedu Dam reserve forest area in Kedah, Primary Industries Minister Datuk Dr Lim Keng Yaik said yesterday.
The decision, which includes logging by helicopter (heli-logging), was made at the Cabinet meeting two weeks ago because it believed the forest around Pedu Dam was a water catchment area that needed to be preserved, he said.
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