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A young man and his brother from a nearby community prepare charcoal amid a deforested clearing in the Kambui Hills Forest Reserve on September 25, 2024. - Photo by AFP

Nik Nazmi inaugurates the National Biological Diversity Conference 2023 at Putrajaya International Convention Centre joined by ministry's chief secretary Ching Thoo Kim (left) and deputy chief secretary Datuk Abdul Wahid Abu Salim (right) on Oct 24, 2023. (PHOTO BY BERNAMA)

Malaysia should not be regarded as a high risk country in terms of deforestation and it would be unfair for the European Union (EU) to put the country as the benchmark for compliance with the EU Deforestation-free Regulation (EUDR), Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof said. - BERNAMA

Smoke billows out from a forest fire on a mountain-side in Nakhon Nayok province, northeast of Bangkok on March 31. - The European Parliament adopted on Wednesday a law that bans the export of products contributing to deforestation, reported Anadolu.

Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof - BERNAMA

Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim together with Indonesian President Joko Widodo planted a Merawan Tree (Hopea Odorata sp.) on Jan 9, 2023, as a symbolic of bilateral relations between Malaysia and Indonesia, during a two-day official visit to Indonesia at the Bogor Palace. - Photo: BERNAMA

Ismail Sabri Yaakob giving his speech at the general debate of the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly at the UN headquarters. - Bernama Photo

Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Datuk Zuraida Kamaruddin

The Malayan tiger Panthera tigris. Illustrative purposes. (Source: 123rf)