The Green Party has called on the Natural Resources, Environment and Climate Change Ministry to reject the environmental impact assessment (EIA) of a proposed plantation project in Perak’s Kledang Saiong Forest Reserve.

It also urged Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim to intervene on the matter, in his capacity as Tambun MP, and reject the proposal.

Green Party president Zabri Mokhtar objected to the project, which spans 4,280 hectares of the forest reserve, on grounds that it would severely impact Perak and the forest reserve’s ecosystem.