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Forests larger than 3 states combined set to be cleared - group warns
Published:  Mar 20, 2023 4:04 PM
Updated: 8:04 AM

Environmental watchdog RimbaWatch today sounded an alarm over massive future deforestation of the country’s forests involving a total land area that is larger than Perak, Penang, and Malacca combined.

In a statement, the NGO said its analysis estimated that a further 2.34 million hectares of forests in the country have been earmarked for deforestation.

The total land mass would be...


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