Rehabilitation and restoration of habitat near the Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary Sabah

Davison G.W.H., . and Prudente J. Cede World Wide Fund For Nature Malaysia P. O. Bo, . (2001) Rehabilitation and restoration of habitat near the Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary Sabah. [Proceedings Paper]

Habitat restoration in and around the Lower Kinabatangan river basin involves a complex of inter-related environmental economic and social issues. Those being addressed are reductions in area environmental perturbations such as fires and floods and removal of timber. So far reductions in the species assemblage of pollinators and seed dispersers has not been an issue but habitat degradation by increasingly constrained and therefore artificially high density populations of some animals could become significant. Legal social and economic solutions for some of the problems can be found one being tree planting. There are four separate but inter-related programmes of tree planting on land near the Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary eastern Sabah Malaysia. Only native tree species are used. Each activity has a slightly different intention and motivation together including:- the rehabilitation of damaged forest patches; involvement of tourists in conservation; involvement of local residents and communities; recovery/reclamation of riverine reserves; mitigation of erosion and flood damage; reduction or avoidance of wildlife conflicts; increased economic value of land; investigation of alternative crops in marginally suitable areas. All however have an underlying theme the re-establishment of physical links between forest fragments. Tree-planting activities play a minimal direct role in re-inserting biological diversity into degraded areas but are intended to provide space that over time becomes increasingly suitable for natural re-colonisation. These activities are experimental in trying to find ways of collaboration between interest groups that yield common advantages to all.

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Habitat restoration in and around the Lower Kinabatangan river basin involves a complex of inter-related environmental economic and social issues. Those being addressed are reductions in area environmental perturbations such as fires and floods and removal of timber. So far reductions in the species assemblage of pollinators and seed dispersers has not been an issue but habitat degradation by increasingly constrained and therefore artificially high density populations of some animals could become significant. Legal social and economic solutions for some of the problems can be found one being tree planting. There are four separate but inter-related programmes of tree planting on land near the Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary eastern Sabah Malaysia. Only native tree species are used. Each activity has a slightly different intention and motivation together including:- the rehabilitation of damaged forest patches; involvement of tourists in conservation; involvement of local residents and communities; recovery/reclamation of riverine reserves; mitigation of erosion and flood damage; reduction or avoidance of wildlife conflicts; increased economic value of land; investigation of alternative crops in marginally suitable areas. All however have an underlying theme the re-establishment of physical links between forest fragments. Tree-planting activities play a minimal direct role in re-inserting biological diversity into degraded areas but are intended to provide space that over time becomes increasingly suitable for natural re-colonisation. These activities are experimental in trying to find ways of collaboration between interest groups that yield common advantages to all.

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Item Type:	Proceedings Paper
Additional Information:	5 ref.
AGROVOC Term:	HABITATS
AGROVOC Term:	WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT
AGROVOC Term:	BIODIVERSITY
AGROVOC Term:	PROTECTED SPECIES
AGROVOC Term:	SABAH
Geographical Term:	MALAYSIA
Depositing User:	Ms. Norfaezah Khomsan
Last Modified:	24 Apr 2025 05:26
URI:	http://webagris.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/15630

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