Compliance Report 2009 - Sabah Forestry Department

2.4 Resource ProtectionIn 2009, the mai n focu s of resource protecti o n activities are to preve n t, monitor andcontr ol the encr o a c h m e n t to project area, illegal felling, illegal cultivati o n, occu p a ti o n,forest fire and poac hi n g. Patrolling of project area was don e by groun d patrol, river andaerial surv eillanc e. In the seco n d and third quart er was the most cruci al period, whe nsev eral cas e s of forest offen c e s, esp e ci all y illegal felling alon g Sg. Seg a m a hav e bee ndete ct e d and investi g at e d.The most critical progre s s was in April 2009 wh e n a grou p of poa c h e r s have intru d e dand ass a ulted SF D staffs in Ulu Seg a m a- Mal u a Bas e Ca m p as respo n d e d to apoac hi n g case taken actio n by the SF D. Ho w e v e r, the cas e lead e d to the fullassista n c e and escort fro m Police to SF D staff for groun d patrol and insp e cti o n.The details of achi e v e m e n t as attac h e d in SF D FO R M CR3.2.5 Community ForestryCo m m u n i t y forestr y activitie s are cons ultati o n and dialogu e with villag e r s of Kg. Upa k,Ta w a y a ri, Kg. Bu m i p u t e r a, Kg. Era Baru and Kg. Sapa g a y a . The purp o s e is toenc o u r a g e their aw are n e s s and sup p o rt to sustai n a b l e forest man a g e m e n t conc e p t inthe project area and to reduce pressure onto forest reserv e of illegal loggi n g,cultivati o n, occu p a ti o n and poac hi n g as well. In addition, oil pal m plant ers situat e dsurro u n d i n g the project area were cons ulte d and their partici p a ti o n was impro v e d fro mtime to time by shari n g the oblig ati o n to prohi bit poa c h e r s enteri n g forest reser v e viatheir estate s. The planters also very coo p e r a ti v e in mai nt ai ni n g their co m m o n bou n d a r ywith forest reser v e. The details of activities as attac h e d in SF D FO R M CR3.2.6 Malua Wildlife Habitat Conservation Bank (MWHCB)The M H W H C B is a joint ventur e project bet w e e n the State Gov e r n m e n t of Sab a h andNe w Forest Pty Ltd to cons e r v e and protect biodiv e r sity withi n Mal u a Forest Res e r v e.In princi pl e, the project will gen e r a t e inco m e fro m Biodi v e r sity Co n s e r v a ti o n Certificate(BCC) mark e ti n g. In 2009, focu s of field activity is reso ur c e protecti o n, enh a n c e m e n t ofwildlife habitat, wildlife monitori n g progr a m m e and dev el o p m e n t of forestinfrastr u c t u r e s. To monitor the project, Advis or y Co m m i tt e e wer e havin g (2) sessi o n sof me eti n g and Proj e ct Steeri n g Co m m i tt e e had (2) sessi o n s of meeti n g. Due to theslow in mark e ti n g of the BC C s, so m e of activitie s have bee n postp o n e d , suc h asinstallati o n of hornbill nesti n g box e s and oran g utan bridge.The physi c al achi e v e m e n t for Mal u a Bio Bank activitie s are:-(1) Co n str u c ti o n 3 units of Forest Chec ki n g Station;(2) Re n o v a ti o n of Mal u a Forestr y Station(3) Mai nt e n a n c e 14 km Mal u a Centr al road and installati o n 20 units of RC culvert.Details of achi e v e m e n t is descri b e d in SF D FO R M CR3.2.7 Sabah Forestry Department – Sime Darby Restoration Project.C O M P L I A N C E R E P O R T – U L U S E G A M A M A L U A S F M P 2 0 0 9 P a g e 1