ALT "Greenwashing deforestation" - RimbaWatch calls for end to plans to convert Chini Forest / UNESCO Reserve into timber plantations. Image of a deforested area for illustration purposes

ALT excerpt of the document sighted by RimbaWatch, which shows a project proposal to convert 1625ha of Chini Forest Reserve into timber plantations

ALT Map showing the UNESCO reserve, the proposed periphery zone around the UNESCO reserve, and the forest reserve compartments affected by the proposed project. Text below reads: "Chini Forest Reserve is adjacent to the Chini UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. In 2022, a UNESCO review found that Chini no longer met their criteria for a reserve, due to "intensive land conversion" The forest reserve compartments which are affected by the project are directly on the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve border and within an area proposed to be protected as an "Biosphere Peripheral Zone" in the Special Area Plan."

ALT Map showing the Tasik chini, nearby Indigenous villages of Kg Gumum and Kg Melai, and the forest reserve compartments affected by the proposed project. The text below reads: "Authorities claim that timber plantations are only established in degraded forests, however satellite imagery of the affected forests show that it is an intact primary forest. The customary territory (tanah adat) of Orang Asli in nearby villages, such as Kg Gumum and Kg Melai, could be negatively affected The project is inconsistent with Malaysia's commitment to preserve and enhance its natural carbon sinks, including forests, through the Paris Agreement"