Editor’s Note: This article has been amended to better reflect Bukit Lanjan assemblyperson Elizabeth Wong’s suggestions on how degazettement procedural errors can be remedied. Malaysiakini regrets the error.

As the public celebrates the preservation of the Kuala Langat (North) Forest Reserve, a group in another part of Selangor continues to defend a patch of green they cherish.

Northwest of Kuala Langat is an area known as the Shah Alam Community Forest (SACF), formerly called the Setia Alam Community Trail.

Spanning some 174ha, the size of 242 football fields, the SACF is a...