Forest fire

CABINET Minister Matthew Samuda has dismissed as “false assertions” some of Opposition Senator Peter Bunting’s claims of depleted forest cover and other environmental transgressions, which Bunting raised in his contribution to the State of the Nation debate in the Senate last December. During his contribution to the debate on Friday, Samuda said Bunting used outdated Google Earth images in his presentation highlighting areas in the country showing decreased forest cover. Samuda,...

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