Despite still recovering from the effects of mining and concern over plans to create plantations nearby, a committee under the UN Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) has decided that Tasik Chini will retain its status as a biosphere reserve.

Natural Resources, Environment and Climate Change Minister Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad said the decision was made during a meeting in Paris yesterday, where the International Coordinating Council of Man and the Biosphere Programme (ICCMAB) conducted a periodic review of the Tasik Chini Biosphere Reserve...