 Nevertheless, the state government gazetted , part of the Belum forest reserve as state park on May 3, 2007.There is a plan to convert natural forest to plantation forest along the East-West Highway.Belum-Temenggor's relatively untouched forest is home to a wide variety of flora and fauna including 14 of the world's most threatened mammals including the Malayan tiger, Indian elephant, white handed gibbon, Malaysian sunbear and tapir.