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Malaysiakini : The Orang Asli community in Kelantan has blamed a recent tiger attack on the loss of habitat due to logging but state Forestry Department director Abdul Khalim Abu Samah has a contrarian view.

Abdul Khalim argued that areas that are deforested are actually good for tigers. He claimed that after an area is deforested, new vegetation will grow which will encourage the presence of new animal species that serve as food to tigers. "Based on expert research, areas that have been deforested are actually good for the tiger population. The people of Kelantan will never progress as long as they are led by people still stuck in the 7th Century.

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Here are some choice comments from Malaysiakini Readers :

OrangeCondor2731:  I think the Tiger in Kelantan forests are trailer by the stupid pas. There must be a threshold for stupidity. But in Kelantan it is infinitive.

Mechi : This guy is a fool. After logging the forest is degraded & erosion happens & the advent of foreign species appears, much to the annoyance of the animal lifes & sustainability of the primates. Not to mention easier access for poachers. The best ecosystems of flora & fauna that breed tigers & most animals are untouched virgin forests like Tmn Negara, Kuala Tahan, Jerantut. 

ISA.42 ISA.42 : (1). “Tigers and forests are intrinsically linked. Tigers live, breed and hunt in forests and as apex predators, they are a sign of a broader, healthy ecosystem.” says Khalid Pasha, the Protected Area & Habitat Expert at WWF’s Tigers Alive Initiative.

(2). An extract of an article from WWF:
“ The lush rain forests on the Indonesian island of Sumatra are the only place in the world where elephants, tigers, rhinos and orangutans coexist. But these exceptional forests suffer from what may be the world’s fastest deforestation rate, threatening the survival of those species and causing MASSIVE CARBON EMISSION.”

(3). An extract of an article from Rainforest Rescue :
Few people realize that almost half of the palm oil imported into the EU is used as biofuel. Since 2009, the mandatory blending of biofuels into motor vehicle fuels has been a major cause of deforestation.

Oil palm plantations currently cover more than 27 million hectares of the Earth’s surface. Forests and human settlements have been destroyed and replaced by “green deserts” containing virtually no biodiversity on an area the size of New Zealand.

The warm, humid climate of the tropics offers perfect growth conditions for oil palms. Day after day, huge tracts of rainforest in Southeast Asia, Latin America and Africa are being bulldozed or torched to make room for more plantations, releasing vast amounts of carbon into the atmosphere. As a consequence, Indonesia – the world’s largest producer of palm oil – temporarily surpassed the United States in terms of greenhouse gas emissions in 2015. With their CO2 and methane emissions, palm oil-based biofuels actually have three times the climate impact of traditional fossil fuels.

Palm oil is not only bad for the climate: As their forest habitat is cleared, endangered species such as the orangutan, Borneo elephant and Sumatran tiger are being pushed closer to extinction. Smallholders and indigenous people who have inhabited and protected the forest for generations are often brutally driven from their land. In Indonesia, more than 700 land conflicts are related to the palm oil industry. Human rights violations are everyday occurrences, even on supposedly “sustainable” and “organic” plantations.