Environmentalist group RimbaWatch has expressed its disappointment after the Sarawak Forestry Department (SFD) denied its projection that the state will lose more forest area based on the study made by Global Forest Watch (GFW).

“RimbaWatch is disappointed with this denial. It does not address our findings that the license for planted forest programme is the biggest driver of past and future deforestation in Sarawak.

“This programme is not mentioned even once in the SFD’s response, which instead makes reference to other aspects of...