Malaysia has a longstanding commitment to maintain forest cover across 50 per cent of its territory.
Non-governmental organisation RimbaWatch said its analysis of concessions in Malaysia’s forest showed up to 3.2 million ha could be slashed.
“Malaysia has consistently been establishing concessions in forested areas, leaving vast areas at risk,” said RimbaWatch director Adam Farhan. So RimbaWatch used three different forest cover baselines for its research: one based on EU satellite data, one using official Malaysian data and one based on independent analysis by conservation start-up The TreeMap.
Malaysia has a longstanding commitment to maintain forest cover across 50 per cent of its territory, but that promise is at risk and may even already have been broken, RimbaWatch said. The report is the second time RimbaWatch has analysed the risk to Malaysia’s forests. Its findings last year were rejected by Malaysian officials who said the group’s definition of forest cover was misguided.“The Malaysian government allows for monoculture plantations to be counted as forest cover, which is an incredibly worrying development,” said Mr Adam.
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