FWD: Perak government wants to protect bird sanctuary

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Tuesday January 25, 2005

Perak government wants to protect bird sanctuary

 

 

IPOH: Perak has stopped all tin mining activities at Kampong Pisang in Batu

Gajah to protect the environment at the Kinta Nature Park bird sanctuary.

 

Agriculture, Agro-based and Tourism Committee chairman Datuk Mohd Radzi Manan

said the state Land and Mines Department had been directed not to issue

licences to mine the land.

 

& #147;The mining activities can have an adverse effect on the natural habitat

of the birds at the park, & #148; he told reporters here yesterday.

 

On Jan 16, The Star reported that mining activities looked set to begin near

the bird park which had yet to be gazetted as a wildlife sanctuary.

 

The park, known as Taman Alam, is said to have 129 bird species, including 70

that are protected under the Wildlife Act 1972. A heronry with over 2,000 birds

is found on one of the many islands in the park lakes.

 

Mohd Radzi said a proposal to gazette the park came after the district land

office had approved a mining company & #039;s application to mine near the park

area in 1998. However, a licence had not been issued yet.

 

He had also directed the company to stop all activities, including the

construction of a tin dredge at the former mining pond at Kampung Pisang until a

full report on the impact to the park was carried out.

 

& #147;I will hand over the report to the Mentri Besar upon his return from

Mecca this Saturday.

 

& #147;We hope to bring this up at the next exco meeting, & #148; he said.

 

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