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Peter Kalang, Chairman of SAVE Rivers Network
*Why appeal for funding to the Federal? Where the logging tax revenue and forest concession trust fund?*
Yb Anyie Ngau's speech in parliament yesterday, appealed to the federal government to provide allocations to the Baram parliamentary constituency to repair and maintain the deteriorating log roads. According to Yb Anyie, in Baram there are 425 long houses connected by 1500 km of road, of that, only 100km of paved roads are graded R1, R2 and R3, While the rest is a log road.
According to Peter Kalang, The log road in Baram is getting worse and impassable. Of course, log roads are not for public use, when the wood that was cut is used up, then the logging company will stop operations in an area. This doesn't mean we need the loggers to come back. But it is the government's responsibility to build safe road infrastructure for the people of Baram.
Peter's question is, why only appeal for funding to the federal government? While the state government collects logging tax revenue and in 1985 the Forest Concession Trust Fund was established in Sarawak to collect funds from loggers for the development of the people in the Logged Areas.
Where does the money go? YBs Sarawak should ask this question in DUN and a clear answer should be given to the people of Sarawak. Money from the forest concession fund should be used to build roads and facilities for people in the interior affected by logging. Until when the appeal requests allocation to maintain the log road. The government should build its own roads for the people. Not giving allocations to improve log roads.
According to Peter, logging in Sarawak became very aggressive in the 1980s, with the use of heavy machinery, helicopters and chainsaws. The rate of forest loss in Sarawak is the fastest in the world. We have to stop logging.
he visited Sukadana in Kalimantan, was informed by the staff there - since the center was built, more and more Orangutans come to take refuge in the wildlife park. They expect these Orang Utans to come from Sarawak, whose forests are almost extinct. Wild animals will be traumatized by the roar of logging machines. They will look for a lonely forest as a habitat.
