KUANTAN – The Pahang government has agreed to gazette a portion of the Berkelah Forest Reserve in Maran as the Lubuk Yu State Park Forest, covering an area of 14,679.28ha, according to Chief Minister Datuk Seri Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail.
The gazettement makes it the fourth state park forest in Pahang, after that in Cameron Highlands in 2019 (2,270ha), Rompin in 2000 (31,797ha) and Tasik Chini in Pekan last year (6,502.80ha).
The decision to declare the Lubuk Yu State Park Forest was made during the state executive council’s meeting last Wednesday.
“Lubuk Yu State Park Forest has also been declared a water catchment forest and placed under the management of the Pahang State Parks Corp, with its management entrusted to the state Forestry Department. In addition, a 1.5-km radius state park buffer zone will also be established,” Wan Rosdy said in a statement here today.
“Through this gazettement, logging approvals given for the area are hereby cancelled.”
He added that the establishment of the new park brings the total area of state park forests in Pahang to 55,249.08ha, all with the status of permanent forest reserves that serve to protect flora and fauna, as well as serving as unique ecotourism destinations. – September 9, 2023