Swapping logging concessions a step backward, NGO tells Kedah MB

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The Kedah government’s proposal to compensate timber companies with replacement logging concessions is a step backwards, said environmental group Organisation for the Preservation of National Heritage (Peka). The group said despite Menteri Besar Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor’s assurances that the replacement concessions would be production forests as defined by law, any logging will have a negative impact on the environment. Peka president Shariffa Sabrina Syed Akil said that if the original concessions in Ulu Muda are indeed water catchment areas, then those concessions shouldn’t be issued in the first place. “It is the duty of the state authorities to ensure that water catchment areas are protected. Failure to do so is tantamount to misfeasance on their part. “To issue new concessions to compensate from a wrongfully issued concession in the first place goes against the grain of good go…