Updates of lower Kinabatangan-Segama Wetlands LKSW Ramsar project in Sabah

Hussin Tukiman, . (2017) Updates of lower Kinabatangan-Segama Wetlands LKSW Ramsar project in Sabah. [Proceedings Paper]

This paper presents the updates of Lower Kinabatangan-Segama Wetlands LKSW Ramsar Site Project in Sabah. The site extending over 78 803 hectares of mangrove forests and peat swamps located on the east coast of Sabah 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. The size may be enlarged to include the recently gazzetted area of 3 288 hectares of Trusan Kinabatangan Forest Reserve Extension. The communities in and around the site have formed Ramsar Community Groups 8 RCG8 to establish government-community partnerships to better protect the Lower Kinabatangan-Segama Wetlands LKSW Ramsar Site from ecological threats such as upstream pollution and overfishing by outsiders. Prevailing water pollution which destroyed fish-farming industry of the local communities needs immediate concern and action by the relevant authorities. Under the Rolling Plan 4 of the 10th Malaysia Plan the project received an allocation of RM 2.554 million from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment. The fund was utilized for social baseline survey scientific expedition CEPA activities infrastructure development boundary demarcation capacity building and human resource development. Under the Rolling Plan 1 of the 11th Malaysia Plan an allocation of RM 5.87 million was approved for the project. The fund is utilized primarily for the demarcation of the site boundaries.

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Abstract

This paper presents the updates of Lower Kinabatangan-Segama Wetlands LKSW Ramsar Site Project in Sabah. The site extending over 78 803 hectares of mangrove forests and peat swamps located on the east coast of Sabah 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. The size may be enlarged to include the recently gazzetted area of 3 288 hectares of Trusan Kinabatangan Forest Reserve Extension. The communities in and around the site have formed Ramsar Community Groups 8 RCG8 to establish government-community partnerships to better protect the Lower Kinabatangan-Segama Wetlands LKSW Ramsar Site from ecological threats such as upstream pollution and overfishing by outsiders. Prevailing water pollution which destroyed fish-farming industry of the local communities needs immediate concern and action by the relevant authorities. Under the Rolling Plan 4 of the 10th Malaysia Plan the project received an allocation of RM 2.554 million from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment. The fund was utilized for social baseline survey scientific expedition CEPA activities infrastructure development boundary demarcation capacity building and human resource development. Under the Rolling Plan 1 of the 11th Malaysia Plan an allocation of RM 5.87 million was approved for the project. The fund is utilized primarily for the demarcation of the site boundaries.

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Item Type:	Proceedings Paper
AGROVOC Term:	Mangrove forests
AGROVOC Term:	Mangrove swamps
AGROVOC Term:	Wetlands
AGROVOC Term:	Project management
AGROVOC Term:	Resource allocation
AGROVOC Term:	Development plans
AGROVOC Term:	Forest fires
AGROVOC Term:	Water pollution
AGROVOC Term:	Biosecurity
AGROVOC Term:	Local communities
Geographical Term:	MALAYSIA
Depositing User:	Ms. Suzila Mohamad Kasim
Last Modified:	24 Apr 2025 05:16
URI:	http://webagris.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/13788

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