(HCVF) Toolkit for Malaysia - HCV Resource Network

Management and Monitoring for HCV 5
Management Recommendations
Conduct multi-stakeholder consultations
between local communities and forest
and local authorities to identify and
protect specific forest compartments/
zones/ components according to the
basic needs they support. Examples
to follow would be the Landscape
Outcome Assessment Methodology
(LOAM, Aldrich & Sayer, 2007). It is
recommended that a credible, neutral
independent party be present during
consultations, followed by a desktop
review of the findings. If the consultation
itself is conducted by a third party, the
desktop review is not required.
Guidance
Aldrich & Sayer (2007, Appendix 10), Dudley & Stolton
(2008,www.equilibriumresearch.com/upload/document/
PA_BAT_-_Final_Feb_2008.pdf), Conflict Resolution
Guidelines for Sustainable Forest Management (WWF,
SFC).
Sabah: PACOS Trust, KDCA & other cultural
associations. For mapping of ethnic groups refer to the
Sabah Cultural Board & Sabah Museum.
Sarawak: Native Customs Council, Resident’s Office.
HCV 6 Cultural Identity of Local Communities
Global Toolkit definition: Forest area is critical to local communities’ traditional cultural identity.
A forest is considered HCVF 6 if it has been important for a local (particularly indigenous) community’s
cultural, ecological, or religious activities. The community may be living either in or adjacent to the forest.
Examples of such sites within a forest include burial grounds or sacred areas which cannot be replaced
with alternatives and/or would cause drastic cultural change within the community. Identification and
management of this HCV must always involve participation of the communities themselves. *
Identification of HCV 6
Task
Determine if forest contains areas and/
or sites important to a local community’s
cultural, ecological, or religious activity.
Data sources & requirements
Site-specific community survey (Appendix 9). Conflict
Resolution Guidelines for Sustainable Forest Management
(WWF, SFC).
Peninsula: Jabatan Hal-Ehwal Orang Asli
Sabah: Cultural Board, Pejabat Hal-Ehwal Anak Negeri,
Sabah Museum, Sabah cultural associations – listing of
registered ones can be obtained from the Registrar of
Societies.
Sarawak: Museum Department, Native Customs Council.
* This HCV does not apply to recently migrated communities.
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