Formation of Pahang State Parks Corporation 'can endanger conservation'

The Pahang State Parks Corporation Bill, just passed in the Pahang legislative assembly today, could endanger the state’s protected forests and biodiversity, environmental group Malaysian Nature Society said.

Instead, it is geared towards commercialising state parks, said MNS Pahang chairperson Noor Jehan Abu Bakar.

“This is extremely dangerous, as it would expose the state parks...