Set up panel to decide on forest issues, says TI-M

SEREMBAN: Matters involving timber concessions and forest reserves should not be left to the discretion of the respective state executive committees.

Any decision to award timber concessions or to de-gazette permanent forest reserves in any state should be made by a committee comprising representatives from all political and other interested parties, said Transparency International-Malaysia (TI-M) secretary-general Josie M. Fernandez.