Minister of National Resources, Environment and Climate Change Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad. BERNAMAPIX: The Natural Resources, Environment and Climate Change Ministry intends to cease the payment of Ecological Fiscal Transfer for Biodiversity Conservation to Kelantan if the state continues with its plan to make changes to its development plan involving environmentally sensitive areas , said Minister Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad.
Nik Nazmi said the proposed changes to the development plan involving the ESAs in Kelantan would also have an impact on biodiversity conservation efforts and were not in line with the National Biodiversity Policy 2022-2030 , which was just launched on Oct 24. “I hope that the Kelantan government will reconsider the proposed changes to the development plan involving the ESAs and work with the federal government through the NRECC to strengthen the management of the country’s biological diversity,” he said.