An overview of Lower Kinabatangan-Segama Wetlands LKSW Ramsar Project in Sabah

Hussin Tukiman, . and Mohd Amzari Yusof, . and Abdul Samah Sapni, . (2016) An overview of Lower Kinabatangan-Segama Wetlands LKSW Ramsar Project in Sabah. [Proceedings Paper]

This paper provides an overview of the Lower Kinabatangan-Segama Wetlands LKSW Ramsar Project in Sabah. The site was officially designated as Sabahs first and Malaysias largest Ramsar Site at the 10th Conference of the Contracting Parties of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands Ramsar COP10 in Korea in October 2008. Extending over 78 803 hectares of mangrove forests and peat swamps located on the east coast of Sabah the site comprises three forest reserves: Trusan Kinabatangan Forest Reserve 40 471 ha Kulamba Wildlife Reserve 20 682 ha and Kuala Maruap-Kuala Segama Forest Reserve 17 650 ha. The development of a management plan for the Lower Kinabatangan-Segama Wetlands was initiated in November 2008 under the Phase II of the Bornean Biodiversity Ecosystems Conservation BBEC Programme which was a joint effort by the State Government of Sabah Federal Government of Malaysia and Japan International Cooperation Agency JICA. The plan was designed for the period of 10 years from 2011 to 2020.

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Abstract

This paper provides an overview of the Lower Kinabatangan-Segama Wetlands LKSW Ramsar Project in Sabah. The site was officially designated as Sabahs first and Malaysias largest Ramsar Site at the 10th Conference of the Contracting Parties of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands Ramsar COP10 in Korea in October 2008. Extending over 78 803 hectares of mangrove forests and peat swamps located on the east coast of Sabah the site comprises three forest reserves: Trusan Kinabatangan Forest Reserve 40 471 ha Kulamba Wildlife Reserve 20 682 ha and Kuala Maruap-Kuala Segama Forest Reserve 17 650 ha. The development of a management plan for the Lower Kinabatangan-Segama Wetlands was initiated in November 2008 under the Phase II of the Bornean Biodiversity Ecosystems Conservation BBEC Programme which was a joint effort by the State Government of Sabah Federal Government of Malaysia and Japan International Cooperation Agency JICA. The plan was designed for the period of 10 years from 2011 to 2020.

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Item Type:	Proceedings Paper
AGROVOC Term:	Wetlands
AGROVOC Term:	Mangrove forests
AGROVOC Term:	Swamps
AGROVOC Term:	Nature conservation
AGROVOC Term:	Biodiversity
AGROVOC Term:	Ecosystems
Geographical Term:	MALAYSIA
Depositing User:	Ms. Suzila Mohamad Kasim
Last Modified:	24 Apr 2025 05:16
URI:	http://webagris.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/13772

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