Malaysia had the world’s highest rate of forest loss between 2000 and 2012, according to a new global forest map developed in partnership with Google.
Malaysia’s total forest loss during the period amounted to 14.4 percent of its year 2000 forest cover. The loss translates to 47,278 square kilometers (18,244 square miles), an area larger than Denmark.
…Malaysia’s rate of forest loss during the period was nearly 50% higher than the next runner up – Paraguay (9.6%)
Is Taib Mahmud going to continue to expect people to believe his fantasy statements that 75% or even 85% of forest cover remains in Sarawak, with such universally accepted scientific information as this?
After all, the figures and satellite maps bear out the evidence of our own eyes – denuded forests; vast log ponds and convoys of timber lorries.
Of course he will continue to deny it and to bleat on about how the International Tropical Timber Organisation (headed by a Malaysian) has ‘praised’ Sarawak’s stewardship of its forests!
At the same time he will make a conflicting excuse, which is that oil palm and plantation forests should be considered the same as wild tropical forests.
So far he has remained silent. Maybe even he now realises how low his credibility has sunk.