‘Durian farmers pay the price in the end’


PETALING JAYA: Durian farmers are “shooting themselves in the foot” if they continue to clear forests for durian plantations, conservation groups said.

A total of 36 conservationists co-signed a statement, raising concerns over durian as the new monoculture crop driving further deforestation and biodiversity loss in Malaysia.

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