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Durian farmers from Pahang are planning to march over 250km to the Parliament in Kuala Lumpur over the span of nearly two weeks to protest against the impact of bauxite mining on durian
Durian farmers have claimed to have lesser sales due to lower output of the crop and have attributed environmental damages and lesser land as the main causes
Durian planter Abdul Rani stands in his durian orchard, which no longer produces fruit, in an area mined for bauxite in Kuantan.
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Durian, popularly known as the "King of Fruits", is a national pride
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It was revealed that bauxite miners have been offering a great sum of money to lease farms around the mining areas
Early last month, the government imposed a three-month ban on bauxite mining following public outcry over the detrimental damage on the environment
Parts of Pahang have been transformed over the last few years by a mining boom ever since Malaysia emerged last year as a major provider of bauxite after leading producer Indonesia banned ore exports
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