FINAL VERSION FOR APPROVAL - Sdn Bhd - WWF Malaysia

Gunung Stong State Park Preliminary Management Plan
and droppings, calls and/or direct sightings are good indicators of improving general forest
health, and may be related to the absence of human disturbances and reduction of hunting
pressures.
GSSP staff must be trained to recognise these biological indicators and to formulate remedial
measures, whether by direct intervention (e.g. increased enforcement, re-stocking of absent or
declining wildlife species, silvicultural treatments, etc.) or benign intervention (e.g. closing an
area off, and letting natural regeneration to happen).
General observations on wildlife (direct sightings, calls, prints, droppings), plants (presence
and relative abundance of primary, pioneer or invasive alien species) and habitats (incidence
of erosion, human disturbance, etc.) during patrols must be reported and filed, and the trends
(if any) analysed for remedial measures. Park workers must be well-versed in rapid
biological assessment methods.
6.13 Signposting
Signposting serves a number of purposes – as a navigational tool, as a method for informing
visitors of pertinent information concerning the park (including codes of conduct), as well as
to educate visitors (e.g. through the use of interpretive signage). To reduce confusion,
warning notices, navigational signs and interpretive signs, should be separately color-coded.
6.13.1 Navigational Signposting
Without navigational signposts, visitors will have difficulty determining their position within
GSSP, and will not know if they had inadvertently strayed into areas off-limits to visitors, and
by doing so, may be disturbing an environmentally sensitive area. If visitor areas in GSSP are
well sign-posted, the absence of signposts would indicate to visitors that they are in a place
where they should not be. Navigational signposts include summit signposts, campsite
signposts, and directional signposts.
Summit signposts are signposts that are placed on the popular summits, detailing the altitude,
and name of the summit. These signs should be placed at the summit of G. Ayam, G. Stong,
G. Tera, G. Che Tahir, G. Che Kob, G. Menyelit, and G. Birut, as detailed in Table 6.10.
Table 6.10: Placement of Summit Sign Posts
No. Name of Summits Map Coordinates Elevation (m)
1. G. Ayam N 437652
1,500
E 591049
2. G. Stong N438710
1,415
E590288
3. G. Tera N 434747
1,545
E 591542
4. G. Che Tahir N 437829
1,415
E 592589
5. G. Kob N 439202
1,266
E 590515
6. G. Menyelit N 437867
1,480
E 590176
7. G. Birut N 439556
E 589475
1,390
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