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Rubble Rubble, Toil and Trouble - Why More Quarrying at the Bukit Lagong Forest Reserve?

45 mins·15:00, 2 Nov 2022
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Rubble Rubble, Toil and Trouble - Why More Quarrying at the Bukit Lagong Forest Reserve?

45 mins
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15:00, 2 Nov 2022
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Guest: Peter Leong (member), Rosli Omar (member), Friends of Bukit Kiara

Recent revelations of licences issued for rock quarrying within the Bukit Lagong Forest Reserve (BLFR) have raised more than just eyebrows among environmental conservation groups and the public alike. Many have called on the Selangor state government to address concerns surrounding the establishment of 27 quarries in the Bukit Lagong Forest Reserve, but already across the Rawang/Kuang area, quarries have greatly scarred the landscape in many places leaving no trees. So how could these constitute parts of the forest reserve, and what is really going on here? We find out more from Peter Leong, a researcher/activist for various green conservation causes, and Rosli Omar, a wildlife photographer and former lecturer at the University of Malaya. Both are long-time environmental activists and members of Friends of Bukit Kiara, and they also share how these new quarrying projects will impact this ecologically sensitive area with both high conservation and high biodiversity value.

Presenter: Juliet Jacobs

Producer: Juliet Jacobs

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