Tuesday, November 5, 2013

CAMERON HIGHLANDS: Authorities must act now to halt the destruction of Cameron Highlands or pay a deadly price, warned environmentalists. Decades of unsustainable practices had left its residents in mortal danger of landslides or flash floods due to massive soil erosion.These included land clearing done on steep slopes and vegetables planted on road and river reserves as well as the dumping of rubbish in streams.

One of the many farms within the Sungai Bertam river reserve which suffered damage from the Oct 23 mud flood. CHAN TAK KONG/The Star
We have the systems but the way it happened like we do not have the procedures, organization, and monitoring.

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