Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) has urged the Perak government to re-gazette the Kenderong Forest Reserve in Mukim Kerunai, Gerik, as a permanent forest reserve with classification as a water catchment forest.

Its president R Meenakshi said SAM was extremely disappointed because the natural jungle which provided important ecological services is set to become a victim of a mining project which would destroy the environment.

Recently, she said a local mining company had...