In an earlier posting I had warned about the expanding circumference of KL from KL Ring Road (Jln Tun Razak) to KL Middle Ring Road II (MRR II) to KL Outer Ring Road (to be built) which would not only expand an already choked up city (and the reason why we chose Tanarimba for respite) but may threaten our chosen solitude.
However, here are some good news...
The 10MP is setting aside 2 massive conservation areas in Peninsular and Sabah & Sarawak. The Central Forest Spine (CFS) in Peninsular will cover 4.2 million hectares and will link four major forest complexes from Perlis in the north to Johor in the south, namely Banjaran Titiwangsa-Banjaran Bintang-Banjaran Nakawan, Taman Negara-Banjaran Timur, South East Pahang-Chini and Bera and the Endau Rompin Park-Kluang Wildlife Reserve. CFS should zoom past Tanarimba thus giving us some 'protection'.
The other forest complex will become the Heart of Borneo, covering areas in Sabah, Sarawk and Kalimantan. An extremely important step in protecting the unique biodiversity of Borneo.
CFS is equally as impressive in terms of biodiversity, noting that we do not have tigers in Borneo and some of you may not realise that Fraser's Hill has tarantulas! This small hill has an amazingly diverse number of bird species - more than the entire UK.Belum in Perak is probably home to the most number of hornbills congregation in the world!
I have quoted freely from Malaysiakini. Please read more about it there or in other postings.
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