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.”