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Gunung Stong State Park Preliminary Management Plan
from production forests are based on annual production targets (coupes) decided at the
Forestry Department headquarters, and there are cutting limits on diameter size at breastheight
(dbh), while stateland and private land are not coupe-based, and nor are they limited by
cutting sizes. Table 1.10 below provides some insight on log and timber production in
Kelantan.
Table 1.10: Production Of Major Timber Products in Kelantan (in cubic metres)
Year Logs Sawn
Timber
Plywood Veneer Moulding
1995 2,090,461 2,403,000 50,298 43,058 6,004
1996 1,886,545 935,332 40,402 33,340 15,600
1997 1,757,492 750,380 42,351 35,776 17,979
1998 1,146,382 425,955 27,242 15,458 8,962
1999 1,081,987 451,742 33,510 10,554 3,523
2000 1,339,501 543,246 24,970 3,088 3,327
Source: FDPM (2001).
1.5.9 Environmental Quality
1.5.9.1 Water Quality
There are six river basins in Kelantan (in order of decreasing length and catchment area)
consisting of the Sg. Kelantan (13,000 sq km), Sg. Golok (1,000 sq km), Sg. Semerak (200 sq
km.), Sg. Kemasin (48 sq km), Sg. Pengkalan Chepa, and the Sg. Pengkalan Datu basins, with
45 water-sampling stations.
Out of 45 sampling stations, 34 are located in the Sg. Kelantan basin, Sg. Golok, 4; Sg.
Semerak, 2; Sg. Kemasin, 1; Sg. Pengkalan Chepa, 1; and Sg. Pengkalan Datu, 3. In general,
the surface water quality status of the rivers in Kelantan are in the Class II in the WQI
category, excepting three sampling stations, one each in the Sg. Semerak, Sg. Pengkalan
Chepa, and Sg. Pengkalan Datu basins, that register consistent Class III readings in 2000,
2001, 2002, and 2003 (DOE Kelantan, 2004).
Sg. Semerak, Sg. Pengkalan Chepa, and Sg. Pengkalan Datu recorded moderately polluted
status due to their smaller basins, less pristine sources, and discharges from industries, and the
presence of solid wastes, domestic and sewage pollution in their basins which are in the more
populated and developed areas of the State. The Sg. Kelantan basin is cleaner, due to its
higher volume of water (and greater dilution effect), and with its sources in the less developed
uplands.
1.5.9.2 Air Quality
There are two air quality sampling stations, both in the district of Kota Bharu – one located at
the S.M. Dato’ Hashim in Pengkalan Chepa (A1), and the other in the Sultan Ismail College
(A2). The site in Pengkalan Chepa is within an industrial area, while the other is in the
suburbs.
Generally, between 1998 and 2002, the air quality ranged between Good (less than 50) and
Moderate (between 51 to 100), rarely exceeding 50 on the Air Pollution Index (API), though
in 1998, a spike of 104 and 103 were recorded in the months of April and May for A1, while
for A2, the highest level was recorded in the month of May, 1998 (DOE Kelantan, 2004).
Incidentally, the months of March to May are in the inter-monsoonal period, corresponding to
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