Development of an integrated management plan for Klias peat swamp forests and associated wetlands: lessons learned in promoting consultative process

Rashid Abdul Samad, . and Efransjah, . and Abdul Rahim Nik, . (2005) Development of an integrated management plan for Klias peat swamp forests and associated wetlands: lessons learned in promoting consultative process. [Proceedings Paper]

With rapid and development and mounting population pressures exerted upon the natural resources the remaining peat swamp forests in the Klias Peninsula are increasingly under threat. The UNDP/GEF Peat Swamp Forest Project has compiled updated information on the core zone which is the Klias Forest Reserve and analyzed the threats which originated mainly from agricultural development activities in areas buffering this State-protected Reserve. The major threats include drainage land clearing fire and continued land development in the surrounding areas. They impact upon the ecological integrity of the fragile peat swamp forests and impair the hydological balance of the core zone. Addressing these thematic issues presents an interesting management planning challenge this necessitates the Project to facilitate a participatory multi-tiered planning process hence the adoption of a Five-S Framework tolandscape-level ecosystem management. Working closely with all key stakeholders the Project has taken steps to facilitate the development of conservation and sustainable use management plan by highlighting the site-specific problems and presenting scientific evidence to the State authorities proposing mitigation measures providing training encouraging inter sector coordination by assisting in the policy making process introducing alternative lovelihood programmes for local communities and undertaking awareness raising campaigns. This holistic approach is found to be amenable to addressing the sustainability in the dynamics of Klias peat swamp forest and the associated wetlands their varying level of stresses sources of threats the requisite definition of strategies on threat abatement and restoration and the measures of success on the biodiversity health. To this end the project facilitates the formation of a core team to guide the drafting of the integrated management plan. During the consensual and cohesive drafting process early success tendencies are emerging and new lessons are being learned by the team members in a manner that ensures collective responsibility and empowerment of ownership during the planning and implementation processes. The integrated management plan is an important planning tool that binds the multi-agencies sectors and habitats into a coherent ecological network. Ultimately the project expects to see the remaining peat swamp forests and all associated wetlands ecosystems in the Klias Peninsula protected and managed in an integrated and sustainable manner for deriving both local and global benefits beyond the Projects five-year life span.

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With rapid and development and mounting population pressures exerted upon the natural resources the remaining peat swamp forests in the Klias Peninsula are increasingly under threat. The UNDP/GEF Peat Swamp Forest Project has compiled updated information on the core zone which is the Klias Forest Reserve and analyzed the threats which originated mainly from agricultural development activities in areas buffering this State-protected Reserve. The major threats include drainage land clearing fire and continued land development in the surrounding areas. They impact upon the ecological integrity of the fragile peat swamp forests and impair the hydological balance of the core zone. Addressing these thematic issues presents an interesting management planning challenge this necessitates the Project to facilitate a participatory multi-tiered planning process hence the adoption of a Five-S Framework tolandscape-level ecosystem management. Working closely with all key stakeholders the Project has taken steps to facilitate the development of conservation and sustainable use management plan by highlighting the site-specific problems and presenting scientific evidence to the State authorities proposing mitigation measures providing training encouraging inter sector coordination by assisting in the policy making process introducing alternative lovelihood programmes for local communities and undertaking awareness raising campaigns. This holistic approach is found to be amenable to addressing the sustainability in the dynamics of Klias peat swamp forest and the associated wetlands their varying level of stresses sources of threats the requisite definition of strategies on threat abatement and restoration and the measures of success on the biodiversity health. To this end the project facilitates the formation of a core team to guide the drafting of the integrated management plan. During the consensual and cohesive drafting process early success tendencies are emerging and new lessons are being learned by the team members in a manner that ensures collective responsibility and empowerment of ownership during the planning and implementation processes. The integrated management plan is an important planning tool that binds the multi-agencies sectors and habitats into a coherent ecological network. Ultimately the project expects to see the remaining peat swamp forests and all associated wetlands ecosystems in the Klias Peninsula protected and managed in an integrated and sustainable manner for deriving both local and global benefits beyond the Projects five-year life span.

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Item Type:	Proceedings Paper
Additional Information:	3 ills. 12 refs.
AGROVOC Term:	WETLANDS
AGROVOC Term:	PEATLANDS
Geographical Term:	MALAYSIA
Depositing User:	Ms. Norfaezah Khomsan
Last Modified:	24 Apr 2025 05:28
URI:	http://webagris.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/16774

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