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Cameron HighlandsKUALA LUMPUR - One of the country's main tourist hotspots, Cameron Highlands is poised to face natural disasters in the form of landslides and flash floods, if forest and land encroachment in the area continues to be widespread.

Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) Science and Technology Faculty geological expert, Prof Madya Dr Tajul Anuar Jamaluddin said encroachment could cause landslides and flash floods as Cameron Highlands, located 1,829 metres above sea level, is a hilly area that could easily suffer from soil erosion.

"This area is hilly so the likely occurrence of soil erosion or landslides is very high in the event that illegal tree felling is ongoing.

"This is because there is no more undergrowth to act as a soil binder to strengthen the soil position in the area," he told Bernama when contacted here today.

He was commenting on Natural Resources and Environment Minister Datuk Seri G. Palanivel's statement on the need to curb illegal land clearing and occupation in the highlands, which had increasingly become rampant, resulting in the affected areas facing risks like landslides and flash floods.

According to Dr Tajul, plant roots in a particular place acted to stablise slopes by binding the soil particles.

The evapotranspiration process that is made by plants can reduce the pore pressure during a certain period by draining water in the soil.

Hence the removal of plant growth due to forest encroachment activities will cause the stability of the environment to be disturbed and cause a natural disaster.

Dr Tajul also said land encroachment would cause soil siltation, resulting in rivers becoming shallower and prone to flash floods.

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Land Clearing On 7 Days to Die With 1088 TnT
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Takeo Provincial Court yesterday handed out suspended sentences of three years in prison and 1 million riel ($250) fines to four Khmer Krom men charged with occupying and clearing state land and destroying a protected area in Kampong Krasaing commune.

According to the Minority Rights Organization (MIRO), the men have lived and farmed the land since 2004, and the verdict is aimed at expelling them while also deterring other poor villagers from cultivating state land.

Un Thanann, provincial coordinator for rights group Adhoc, said Vy Chan, 55; Vy May, 45; San Roum, 34; and Sao Moeun, 40, received guilty verdicts in front of more than 70 Khmer Krom families who had gathered at the court to hear the verdict.

I have been found guilty, but I am happy that I at least do not have to go to prison, Vy Chan said.

MIRO said the Khmer Krom community of 74 families has been asking for more land from the state since the 1990s to no avail.

In 2004, they occupied 215 hectares of state land, but in 2007, the authorities stated the area would be declared a protected wildlife sanctuary.

Villagers claim that the Fisheries Administration ordered the destruction of 91 houses in the area last year.

I admitted that I occupied land that is now a sanctuary, but what about the Fisheries Administration that has destroyed the villagers houses? Who will take responsibility for us? Chan said.

Sao Kosal, deputy director of the provincial fisheries department, denied that the Fisheries Administration had anything to do with the destroyed houses.

He added that the authorities had called for a stiffer penalty for the four men.

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All land-clearing and recreational burning in Clark County will be restricted starting July 15, the county Fire Marshal's Office announced Monday.

The partial ban comes as Clark, Cowlitz and Skamania counties jointly implement a policy to limit outdoor burning between July 15 through Sept. 30 each year. But the ban can begin sooner or end later if fire hazard conditions are extreme, officials said. Clark County's ban this year will remain in effect "until further notice," according to the fire marshal's office.

Clark County is rescinding all burning permits issued prior to the ban. Permits can be re-issued or extended when the ban is lifted, according to the county.

The restrictions do not apply on federally managed lands.

Recreational campfires on forest lands will be allowed only in fire pits at designated campgrounds, including local, county and state parks. Recreational fires on private land will be permitted, but only within certain limitations, according to the county.

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CAMERON HIGHLANDS: Security and uniformed bodies under the Defence and Home ministries may be holding their training exercises in forests to curb encroachment and illegal land clearing activities.

Natural Resources and Environment Minister Datuk Seri G. Palanivel said he would discuss such a proposal with his counterparts in both the ministries Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein and Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.

I believe that with the presence of the army, police or Rela, it can put off would-be trespassers in the forest, he told reporters after visiting the Kampung Raja-Blue Valley border yesterday.

Palanivel had visited the area to check on recent land clearing activity there.

Speaking on behalf of some 100 farm owners, Chong Chan Kong, 33, said land clearing along the Kampung Raja-Blue Valley range occurred last Friday.

The activities have started much earlier since September last year. It stopped for about two months and then resumed again. In March, the forest was set on fire, he said.

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The Penang Municipality and the relevant authorities must investigate the on- going clearing of Bukit Kukus to avoid another 1997 landslide mishap.

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GEORGE TOWN: DAPs Tanjung Bungah state representative Teh Yee Cheu called on the authorities to investigate the possible illegal hill land clearing in Paya Terubong, Air Itam.

During his visit to the area yesterday, Teh said he saw extensive land clearing being carried out atop Bukit Kukus, causing soil erosion to the nearby hilltop of Bukit Penara.

Bukit Kukus is located at least 1,200 feet above sea level.

Teh said he saw Bukit Kukus hilltop being flattened, trees being chopped down, cleared and thrown down the hill slope.

He has collected evidence, including photographs, to show that heavy earthwork vehicles, bulldozers and lorries without road tax and number plates that are being used to clear and transport soil from the hill out of the vicinity.

He cautioned of more soil erosion taking place during heavy rain.

Teh said that he had asked the local municipality, the MPPP, about a fortnight ago, about the matter and had tried to get more information but till today he has not received a response.

He urged the relevant authorities like MPPP, Departments of Environment, Drainage and Irrigation, Forestry and the Northeast District Land Office to probe into the matter soon as he believes the hill clearing was being done without proper approval.

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MLA backs land rights

A Liberal MP has accused his Parliamentary colleagues of "perpetuating abominable and scandalous" State property rights laws.

Murray-Wellington MLA Murray Cowper introduced a private Members Bill in Parliament last Friday calling for an overhaul of the State's property rights laws, which he said did not adequately compensate land owners for reacquired land.

Mr Cowper said with the Bill, he hoped to entrench some common law provisions into the Land Administration Act, to ensure landowners were properly compensated for land reacquired by the State Government.

He said unlike Federal laws, the State Constitution did not have an "express provision" required for it to have the power to take property.

Mr Cowper also said under the current Act, it was up to individual Government departments to administer compensation, which did not necessarily take into account the value of the land to the land owner.

"In WA, the State's express powers to take land and give compensation are contained in parts 9 and 10 of the Land Administration Act of 1997, which generally operates in conjunction with specific legislation pertained to the relevant public purpose for example main roads, Water Corporation or a host of any other legislation," he said.

Mr Cowper said the origin of the land rights issue was a result of a "slow deterioration" of the rights of property owners.

"This was caused by a sweep of legislation that has washed across the political landscape and impacted detrimentally to a number of landowners," he said.

Mr Cowper also said about 20,000 WA landowners were affected by the legislation, with many of those living in the Murray-Wellington district.

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