IPOH: Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) has asked the Perak Forestry Department to explain why logging licences were approved at compartments 58 and 59 of the Segari Melintang Forest Reserve in Manjung.
SAM field officer Meor Razak Meor Abdul Rahman said the 50ha of land had been classified as a protection forest – which mitigates or prevents impacts of natural hazards such as landslides and flooding – according to the Perak State Forest Management Plan Mid-Term Review 2016-2025.
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