12MP: States told to hold public hearings before degazetting forest reserves
State governments will be urged to conduct public hearings before any degazetting of Permanent Reserved Forest (PRF) and Permanent Forest Estate (PFE).
This, according to the 12th Malaysia Plan (12MP) released today, was among the measures under the strategy of conserving natural ecosystems by enhancing conservation measures for terrestrial and inland water areas...
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