Environmentalists: Stop clearing forest to 'replace' Kuala Langat

The Coalition for the Protection of Selangor Forests (CPSF) is calling for urgent action against the Selangor State Agriculture Corporation (PKPS) for clearing part of the 308ha peat swamp forest in the Sungai Panjang Forest Reserve.

The forest land was recently gazetted to partly “replace” the Kuala Langat (North) Forest Reserve (KLNFR).

This controversial move is being reassessed and a 'stop work' order was issued earlier this year following land-clearing efforts in the Sungai Pangai Forest Reserve.

The proposed development of the KLNFR has come under the spotlight again after...