KUANTAN: The Pahang government has agreed to gazette a portion of the Berkelah Forest Reserve in Maran as the Lubuk Yu State Park Forest, covering an area of 14,679.28ha, says the state’s Mentri Besar.
Datuk Seri Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail said the gazettement of the forest in Lubuk Yu will make it the fourth state park forest in Pahang, after Cameron Highlands in 2019 (2,270ha), Rompin in 2000 (31,797ha), and Tasik Chini in Pekan last year (6,502.80ha).
The decision to create the Lubuk Yu State Park Forest was made during the state executive council’s meeting on Wednesday.
“The Lubuk Yu State Park Forest has also been declared a water catchment forest and placed under the management of the Pahang State Parks Corporation, with its management entrusted to the State Forestry Department. In addition, a 1.5km radius State Park buffer zone will also be established.
“Through this gazettement, logging approvals given for the area are hereby cancelled,” Wan Rosdy said in a statement here yesterday, Bernama reported.
He added that the establishment of the Lubuk Yu State Park brings the total area of state park forests in Pahang to 55,249.08ha.
