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Lifting of timber export ban could trigger illegal logging
Published on: Saturday, January 08, 2022
Published on: Sat, Jan 08, 2022
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Lifting of timber export ban could trigger illegal logging
"The ban put a temporary stop to illegal logging activities as there was nobody for these illegal loggers to sell their logs to,” said Chan. — Picture (left) by Farhan Najib.
Kota Kinabalu: The Government’s decision to lift the ban on timber exports could trigger a recurrence of illegal logging activities, with little enforcement to prevent it from happening., said Kota Kinabalu MP Chan Foong Hin.

“I find that the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS)-led Sabah Government and the Sabah Forestry Department have taken contradictory stands on this issue.
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