The federal government has agreed to compensate states that maintain their forest reserves as water catchment areas and protect them against illegal logging activities, said Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob.
However, he said, the formula to determine the quantum for the compensation payment would be studied by the relevant ministry.
"Possibly, it can be discussed with the Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Economy) Mustapa Mohamed, the finance minister, environment and water minister and the menteris besar. We can sit down together to discuss the formula,” Ismail Sabri (above) added.
The prime minister said this at the launch of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Digitalisation Empowerment Programme at Dewan Konvensyen Majlis Daerah Bera today.
Also present were Mustapa, Communications and Multimedia Minister Annuar Musa and his deputy, Zahidi Zainul Abidin, as well as Pahang Menteri Besar Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail.
Earlier, Wan Rosdy, in his speech, hoped the federal government could consider rewarding Pahang for reserving more than 57 percent of the state size as forest reserves.
- Bernama
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