8,000-ha Excision at Yong Forest Reserve, Mukim Tembeling, Jerantut, Pahang
Background The pandemic has brought nearly all environment-related engagements with governments to a halt – environmental webinars galore, however, slogs on. We received a request to cover the conversion of a >8,000-ha section of the Yong Forest Reserve next to Taman Negara, Pahang, into an oil palm plantation. The high-profile incident has been variously covered by: 1. Sarawak Report on 27th March 2020, which revealed that Deru Semangat Sdn. Bhd., the beneficiary of the fore