A file pix showing a tapir signboard along Jalan Bukit Beruntung/Shah Alam highway to warn motorists of possible tapir crossings
IT is estimated that more than 25mil kilometres of new roads will be built worldwide by 2050, and many of these roads will slice into our forests and jungles.
Unfortunately, while development is welcome, new roads will also undoubtedly connect wildlife poachers, as seen with the East-West Highway that traverses the Belum-Temengor forests in Perak, and illegal loggers.
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