Lifting of timber export ban could trigger illegal logging

8 Jan 2022 • 10:05 AM MYT
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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.