Over the years, Tasik Chini in Pekan, Pahang, has become increasingly contaminated with toxic waste, which calls for urgentwaterqualitymonitoring. As one ofthe only twoUnited Nations educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) biosphere reserves in Malaysia, the rurallakeservesasasustainabledevelopment learning site.
Covering5,084ha,TasikChiniishome to 87 speciesof freshwaterfish,189speciesofbirds, 51 low-forest species, 15 freshwater swamp forest species and 25 aquatic plants.
