Forest Management Plan - Sabah Forestry Department

Basically, FMU 17A may not directly provide basic services of nature (HCVF 4) to thelocal communities living adjacent to FMU 17A. The local communities in Kg. Entilibon Asaland Kg. Entilibon Simpang mainly rely on gravity-feed water supply system, the collectionand storage of rainwater and river water (mainly from the Karamuak River of which, themain watershed area is Trus Madi FR). The gravity-feed water is sourced from Tawai FRand Trus Madi FR respectively.5.3.5 Public Infrastructure and FacilitiesAll the villages have school facilities for standard grades 1-6. The nearest secondaryschool (SM Telupid) is located in Telupid town, about 20-30 km from the villages.Electricity is available for several hours per day (6 hours weekdays; 2 hours weekends)but only in Kg. Entilibon Asal. The majority of the communities enjoy community hall anda church. However, the conditions of these facilities vary greatly from village to village.The main JKR road (Telupid - TongodRoad) that pasts through Kg. EntilibonAsal is completed, which is sealed.Other roads are still in their mostrudimentary form, mostly earth roads,which are muddy and flooded duringrainy days (e.g. Figure 5.2), and thus,sometimes become impassible. Due tothis condition, most villages areunreachable or isolated from the restof Sabah. Further, road maintenance ishardly being done by the appropriateauthorities once the rainy season isover. Other mode of publictransportation is the river butaccessibility is limited during dryseason because the river is shallow.Figure 5.2: Main road access to Kg. KaramuakHealth care access is less available with clinics only located at Kg. Karamuak Luar, Kg.Entilibon Asal Tongod & Kg. Entilibon Simpang, which normally cater to women andchildren only. The nearest hospital is in Telupid where specialty services are notavailable, while staff and equipment are also lacking.5.3.6 Land Use and OwnershipAll communities living adjacent to FMU 17A depend entirely on the land, which they haveapplied through Land Application (LA). To them, land is not only a place for them to live46