Stop issuing fresh logging licences, says Wan Junaidi


Cutting through: Loggers driving a lorry laden with logs through a dismantled blockade after it had been cut down with a chainsaw in Kelantan in September.

PUTRAJAYA: State governments should stop issuing fresh logging licences and instead focus on eco-tourism.

Natural Resources and Environment Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar commended the Sarawak government for having done this.

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