The government’s forestry practices are against the country’s international climate promises, said environmental group RimbaWatch.

The group said this in response to statements from the Peninsula Malaysia Forestry Department (JPSM), Sabah and Sarawak's Forestry Departments that denied findings from its "State of the Malaysian Rainforest 2023" study.

Expressing disappointment over the matter, RimbaWatch said the three departments' blanket denial neither accurately addressed any of its key findings, nor did it analyse any of the 437 identified alerts...