Part II Community-Based Forest Management Program - ppmrn

SOUND IMPLEMENTATION AND MAINTENANCE STRATEGIES/ACTIVITIES
Management’s Comments
For the upland people, land is life and
therefore seldom they compromise if
we tend to deprive them of their
traditional land use. The win-win
solution therefore, is for them to plant
permanent crops with economic value
for survival. In this case, we still have
permanent forest and at the same time
addressed their survival. The increase
in soil erosion should not be
interpreted as a negative impact and a
long term scenario. This condition
will usually occur in the site
development stage where soil tillage is
inevitable, but the moment permanent
crops get establish on the ground and
effectively sustained local economic
activities, slope stabilization is a long
term scenario. Unless we will be
more sensitive to their culture and
survival, then there will be less fire
occurrences in our natural forest.
Kaingin farming is considered as one
of the practices promoting soil
erosion, but it is widely practiced in
the CBFMA (PWRS) area. Traditional
farming system is regarded worldwide
as sustainable farming system due to
their unique way of preserving their
fertile soil. Research showed that one
of these practices is the so called
FALLOW method. This is method
allows planting area to rest for five (5)
years or more and thereafter cleared
again. In the case of the OSA CBFMA
where soil are fertile, most of the fast
growing native species already attain
the height and diameter which when
cut for the follow period can already
be construed as kaingin. While we do
not advocate this practice of cutting
miscellaneous trees, but there is a
difficulty in transforming their
practices overnight. This can be
Team’s Rejoinder
The kaingin noted by the team could
not be that of Fallow Method as the
trees cut off were the newly
established plantation under the CSD
contract and not the fast growing
native species that have attained the
required height and diameter.
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