The project towards the establishment of Taman Negeri Selangor (Selangor State Park)' was an initiative to protect the State's forests and water supply and was jointly funded by TrEES and the Selangor State Government. The project was a result of TrEES lobbying the State Government, together with the community, for more than 10 years.
In this innovative approach to the project, TrEES and the Town and Country Planning Department of Selangor as project facilitators engaged over 30 different stakeholders including government departments and NGOs, to work together to make the park a reality.
The park is the source of 98% of Selangor's, KL's & Putrajaya's water supply and is crucial to Selangor maintaining its self-sufficiency in vital natural resources.
In August 2005, the Selangor State Government, together with the Deputy Prime Minister, officially declared 107,000 hectares of the study area for gazettement as Taman Warisan Selangor. In 2007, over 91,000 hectares was gazetted as 'State Park'. TrEES is a member of the Technical Committee for the park and continues to lobby for the remaining areas to be gazetted.
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