MELAKA: An environmental group has called on the Melaka government to conserve the remaining 3% of its forest reserve following news that fresh contracts have been awarded for sand dredging activities at a 200ha forest reserve in Jasin. “There has been no Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report carried out before the contracts to the six companies were given. “The state government has not kept its promise to protect the environment by lifting its nine-month ban on such activities at forest reserves. Chief Minister Adly Zahari should revoke the contracts and focus on other innovative ways to generate income for the state,” she added. “The ban was rescinded following the shortage of sand supplies at construction sites,” he said in a statement to The Star.

Source: The Star May 18, 2019 22:41 UTC