Involve civil groups as monitors


  • Letters
  • Monday, 25 Feb 2019

MALAYSIAN Nature Society (MNS) Selangor is disappointed that the Water, Land and Natural Resources Ministry has made the decision to lift the moratorium on the extraction and export of bauxite in Pahang.

The primary motivation for the decision appears to be the high market demand for bauxite and the economic gains to be made from it. The environment and public health and safety are merely secondary considerations.

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