The proposal to demarcate new boundaries of Tasik Chini Biosphere Reserve in Pekan from 6,951.44 hectares to 9,142.62 hectares is one of the main points of the Draft Special Area Plan of Tasik Chini (Amendment).
Pahang Menteri Besar Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail said the draft plan has been prepared in accordance with the provisions of the Town and Country Planning Act, with the proposed Publicity and Public Participation Programme to be held this October.
The Tasik Chini draft plan study, according to Wan Rosdy, is an area of 55,586.12 hectares, which takes into account the “threshold area”.
“Tasik Chini Biosphere Reserve Zone includes the Core Zone, Buffer Zone and Transition Zone as required by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) while the threshold area is named the Biosphere Peripheral Zone,” he said in a statement today.
In addition, among other main points are the proposed modification of the environmental management strategy with improvements to the Environmentally Sensitive Plan and the proposed modification of management and implementation.
He said the proposed modification was in line with the new gazette of the Chini Permanent Forest Reserve with an area of 6,502.8 hectares under the National Forestry Act.
Wan Rosdy hopes the draft plan will be a guide to the state government and local authorities so that development in the lake is carried out without affecting the sustainability of the natural trove.
- Bernama
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