Carbon deal won’t lead to exploitation, says Forestry Dept


KOTA KINABALU: The carbon deal between Sabah and several foreign companies, which have conservation groups concerned, is not binding yet nor will it lead to the exploitation of protected forests, says the state Forestry Department.

Its chief conservator of forests Datuk Frederick Kugan said that though the state had agreed to a provisional framework agreement with Hoch Standard Pte Ltd (HS), a Singapore company, the Nature Conservation Agreement (NCA) is not yet complete.

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