NGO alerts Unesco over Chini plantation plans

Published: Jun 2, 2023 5:43 AM

Environment NGO Rimba Watch has written to Unesco to alert it of plans to create a timber plantation near Tasik Chini, which the NGO believes endangers the biosphere reserve.

The Tasik Chini Biosphere Reserve is part of Unesco's World Network of Biosphere Reserves - sites for biodiversity conservation.

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