Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia’s botany Professor Datuk Dr Abdul - TopicsExpress



          

Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia’s botany Professor Datuk Dr Abdul Latiff Mohamad, who headed scientific expeditions to Royal Belum State Park, said the department had identified the five areas as high conservation value forests. Among the five areas identified are the Segari Forest Reserve, Gunung Bubu and Temengor Forest Reserve. Dr Abdul Latiff said Balau Putih (scientifically known as shorea lumutensis) trees were found at the Segari Forest Reserve and Sungai Pinang Forest Reserve in Lumut. Balau Putih trees were found nowhere else in the world except in those forest reserves, he said after Perak State Secretary Datuk Dr Abdul Rahman Hashim launched a seminar on Royal Belum State Park scientific expedition recently. “If they are logged, they will be wiped out from the face of the earth,” he added. Read full article at thestar.my/story.aspx?file=%2F2008%2F11%2F12%2Fnorth%2F2520057&sec=north
Posted on: Thu, 14 Nov 2013 17:12:12 +0000

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