Benoit Goossens says parts of the Pan Borneo Highway will go through Class 1 forest reserves, affecting wildlife such as elephants, sun bears and clouded leopards.
A baby pygmy elephant which ended up on a busy road in Telupid after being separated from its herd.
“It’s not only the elephants or wildlife that will die – people will, too. What is the government going to do about it? Goossens, who is the director of research outfit Danau Girang Field Centre, stressed that he is not against the highway or development. However, he said an alternative is needed to building roads across wildlife habitats.
In the east coast, meanwhile, he said the highway would go through ranges for species like the clouded leopard, pygmy elephants and sun bears.
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