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Degazetting a forest reserve ‘can take years’ 19 Apr 2021 / 08:40 H. Bernama
SHAH ALAM: While the fate of the Kuala Langat North Forest Reserve (KLNFR) is hanging by a thread, those opposed to its proposed degazettement can take heart in the knowledge that the process of withdrawing the protected status of a forest reserve “can take years” to complete.
As Selangor Forestry Department (JPNS) director Datuk Ahmad Fadzil Abdul Majid puts it, it is not that easy to degazette a permanent forest reserve (HSK).
Reiterating this point during an exclusive interview with Bernama at his office here recently, he said: “That’s the reality. due to the difficulties involved, degazettement processes (of HSK) in the past have taken years.”
KLANG: Raging forest fires have destroyed a large chunk of the Kuala Langat Selatan forest reserve as more hotspots are detected, aggravated by the dry weather and wind conditions.
The authorities have expressed concern that the present hot spell could cause the fires to spread rapidly and turn the area into a furnace.
After the first round of fires were put out last week, they have since spotted at least 16 new hotspots, mostly due to open burning activities.
The forest fires are believed to be caused by farmers who habitually burn their land to prepare for the planting of new crops.