The state government says it has no plans to expand logging activities. FMTNews Kedah
A Sahabat Alam Malaysia file picture of the forests surrounding Pedu Dam, Kedah, in 2016. The Ulu Muda forests serve as a water catchment area not just for Kedah but also Penang.
The menteri besar’s office today said the state does not plan to open up more logging areas but merely wanted to allow these companies to harvest “production forests” instead as a replacement. The Malaysia Timber Council lists four types of permanent reserved forests: production, protected, research, education, amenity forests, as defined under the National Forestry Act 1984.
Menteri Besar Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor had told reporters earlier that 40 concession holders were previously allowed to carry out logging before the ban was imposed. “I had said during my exit speech that the new Kedah MB should not reopen logging concessions. Now, the MB seat is not even warm yet, and we are open for logging again?” he said on Facebook today.
It had called on the federal government to compensate the logging concessionaires and leave the forests untouched for future uninterrupted water supply.
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