Forest harvesting activities in Perak are only implemented in Permanent Forest Reserve (PFR) areas classified as Production Forests based on the Annual Felling Ration (CTT) set by the National Land Council (NLC)
The waterfall in the Segari Melintang Forest as it was before (left) and what it looks like now. - Pix courtesy of Rakan Segari
IPOH (Bernama): Environmental destruction at the Segari Melintang Forest Reserve, Manjung is believed to be due to a quarry project at the site.
Environment and Water Minister, Datuk Seri Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man said this was based on initial investigation conducted by the Perak Department of Environment (DOE) at the forest reserve on Monday (Jan 18) and Tuesday (Jan 19). The investigation also found six violations of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) approval conditions involving earthworks carried out without following the Land-Disturbing Pollution Prevention and Mitigation Measures (LD-P2M2), he tweeted on Wednesday (Jan 20).