Forests larger than 3 states combined set to be cleared - group warns

Environmental watchdog RimbaWatch today sounded an alarm over massive future deforestation of the country’s forests involving a total land area that is larger than Perak, Penang, and Malacca combined.

In a statement, the NGO said its analysis estimated that a further 2.34 million hectares of forests in the country have been earmarked for deforestation.

The total land mass would be...