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Peka, Shah Alam forest group resume fight with Selangor govt over Bukit Cherakah

They want the Federal Court to review its 2-1 decision which dismissed their appeal for a judicial review against a backdated gazette to excise forest land for development

Federal court grants NGOs leave to appeal Selangor’s ‘backdated’ degazettement of Bukit Cherakah

Two environmental groups are challenging the state’s move to publish the gazette changing the forest reserve’s status 22 years after the decision was made.

After nine hours, search teams safely find three lost Gunung Pulai hikers

Johor Forestry Department director Datuk Salim Aman said the three men, in their 20s and 30s, were believed to have trespassed into the Gunung Pulai Forest Reserve through the Bandar Baru Kangkar Pulai Public Park at about 9am and continued their climb towards Sg Emas (Gunung Pulai Forest Reserve) to head to Tasik Biru Kangkar Pulai, but failed to find their way out. 

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