1. Copy the 'Kinabatangan Corridor of Life' powerpoint presentation from R:\Staff Resources (Student read-only)\_Faculties\Humanities\Year 13
Use the information in this powerpoint presentation along with your palm oil report and further research from the internet to make a contribution to the table below:-
Kinabatangan Corridor of Life (KCoL)
Interest Group
Category
Role/links to KCoL
Opinion about KCoL (what/why)
Supporting evidence
WWF
Environmental NGO (International)
WWF aims to establish a balance between the growing demands of private land development (such as forest conversion), the local community and the need to protect its unique wildlife. In 2005, a total of 26,000 hectares was accounted as the Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary .
WWF feel the ‘Corridor of Life’ will allow sustainable development to take place in the area. They believe by connecting the coastal mangrove swamps with the upland forests; people, wildlife, nature-based tourism and local forest industries will be able to thrive and support each other.
WWF-Malaysia began the project to prevent the loss of species due to habitat loss. The area is home to 250 species of bird, 50 mammal, 20 reptile and 1056 plant species. It is claimed to be the last forested alluvial floodplain in Asia and is one of two areas on Earth where 10 different species of primate species can be found.
The Lower Kinabatangan-Segama Wetland is a Ramsar Site, which means that it is named in the 'List of Wetlands of International Importance' under the Convention on Wetlands, an international treaty signed in Ramsar, Iran, in 1971.
Wild Asia
Malaysian Environmental NGO (National)
Wild Asia is a Malaysian environmental organisation which works with businesses, managers and other people involved in the supply chain of palm oil to support and guide them towards sustainable practices and management in order to achieve RSPO certification.
As part of the WWF KCoL project, Wild Asia carried out intensive studies on the impacts of the Sabah palm oil plantation and, with MPOC (Malaysian Palm Oil Council), produced the 'Biodiversity In Plantation Landscapes'manual. This is a way to get managers with very little environmental and biodiversity knowledge to become more aware
Highly support the KCoL. They believed that the people involved need to be educated and aware of the impacts that they make.
Wild Asia carries out campaigns and workshops to advise and train the Boards all the way down to the workers.
Also, Wild Asia gets its income from the services that they provide, eg. advisory, consultation and training. So it is also in their interest to help the people involved in the KCoL.
A project involving Sime Darby and Sabah Forestry Department involves reforestation and rehabilitation in an area covering 5,400 hectares of deforested land with efforts being stepped up to achieve the objective in 2018, the area of Ulu Segama is part of lower kinabatangan. The agreement for the project was signed between the State Government of Sabah and Sime Darby Plantation in 2008 with the objective of restoring degraded forests within Ulu Segama for the protection of Orang Utan habitatsThe project aims to enhance the biodiversity conservation and restore flora and fauna in the area, with the ultimate aim of recreating the habitats for the Orang Utan and other wildlife at large.
Sime Darby will most likely support the KCol, as they are presenting themselves as a "sustainable" provider of palm oil, with RSPO certification.
Sime Darby also reduces its impact by incorporating stategies, such as by avoiding burning forest to clear land. They have even said they "Maintain natural vegetation, permanent greenbelts and water catchments" in order to conserve biodiversity.
Nestle, founder of Project Rileaf, has planned on planting 750,000 trees over the next 3 to 4 years on both sides of a 110km stretch of the lower Kinabatangan river as a part of a reforestation project that aims to protect the abundant biodiversity of the river. In total, the scheme will cover 2,400 hecatres.
Project Rileaf has already benefitted a number of local people, such as:
Members of KAPOK (Kamuniti Anak Pokok Kinabatangan) who received contracts from Nestle to set up nurseries.
Habitat Enterprise, Eco Hijau and Mescot (a group of local service providers) who have been contracted to handle planting plots, transportation and planting seedlings.
Local women, who were trained basic entrepreneurial skills and eco-tourism.
Nestle is spending RM700,000 to RM800,000 on these people a year.
Nestle would likely to be for KCol, as they want to be associated with such projects which help 'brand' themselves as 'sustainable'. Such sustainable efforts have awarded them membership to the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD). Nestle strive to improve their operational efficiency and environmental impact, this done by setting short term goals and commitments to different sustainable aspects (for example, water, climate change, energy efficiency). Specifically relating to KCol, they have short-term goals and commitments towards improving biodiversity impacts. The short-term goal is to source palm oil only from sustainable sources by 2015 and to help achieve zero net deforestation by 2020. This is done by committing themselves to work with farmers + produces whom they buy directly from to assess their agriculture practices. Simultaneously monitor their impact towards the local area's impact upon local biodiversity.
KOPEL was registered in July 2003. It has 209 members from four neighbouring villages. They are in charge of the 1) conservation of forests and biodiversity 2) supporting sustainable livelihoods for locals 3)supporting the skills development and training needs of the local community
Jerudong International School
Education
(International)
JIS bought a part of land to plant 10,000 trees. This was part of 'Eco-Fobissea' where high priority areas identified by the WWF were available for FOBISSEA schools to reforest.
BOH Tea
As part of the company's corporate responsibility, BOH is a partner of WWF- Malaysia, supporting the Corridor of Life Project.
ISB (International
School Brunei)
Education
ISB funded 30,000 trees which were planted in 15 ha area known as Block A of the Sabah Wildlife Lot 7 Sanctuary. This was a partnership project coordinated by ISB between the FOBISSEA schools, Sabah Wildlife Depart and Kopel/Mescot.
ISB has been working with the WWF Kinabatangan Corridor of Life for six years by working with local NGOs and villages to restore degraded areas of forest.
An International Eco-workshop was hosted in Kinabatangan
in 2010. David Taylor said: "It is important for teachers to experience firsthand just what is happening to the planet in the name of economic development and profit at the expense of biodiversity and to take their experiences back to the classroom. It is important that we make our students aware of the threats to the natural environment and to teach them the importance of development in sustainable ways."
1. Copy the 'Kinabatangan Corridor of Life' powerpoint presentation from R:\Staff Resources (Student read-only)\_Faculties\Humanities\Year 13
Use the information in this powerpoint presentation along with your palm oil report and further research from the internet to make a contribution to the table below:-
Kinabatangan Corridor of Life (KCoL)
WWF aims to establish a balance between the growing demands of private land development (such as forest conversion), the local community and the need to protect its unique wildlife. In 2005, a total of 26,000 hectares was accounted as the Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary .
WWF-Malaysia began the project to prevent the loss of species due to habitat loss. The area is home to 250 species of bird, 50 mammal, 20 reptile and 1056 plant species. It is claimed to be the last forested alluvial floodplain in Asia and is one of two areas on Earth where 10 different species of primate species can be found.
(National)
As part of the WWF KCoL project, Wild Asia carried out intensive studies on the impacts of the Sabah palm oil plantation and, with MPOC (Malaysian Palm Oil Council), produced the 'Biodiversity In Plantation Landscapes'manual. This is a way to get managers with very little environmental and biodiversity knowledge to become more aware
Wild Asia carries out campaigns and workshops to advise and train the Boards all the way down to the workers.
Also, Wild Asia gets its income from the services that they provide, eg. advisory, consultation and training. So it is also in their interest to help the people involved in the KCoL.
http://thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=/2013/1/15/lifefocus/12531685&sec=lifefocus
(National)
The agreement for the project was signed between the State Government of Sabah and Sime Darby Plantation in 2008 with the objective of restoring degraded forests within Ulu Segama for the protection of Orang Utan habitatsThe project aims to enhance the biodiversity conservation and restore flora and fauna in the area, with the ultimate aim of recreating the habitats for the Orang Utan and other wildlife at large.
Sime Darby also reduces its impact by incorporating stategies, such as by avoiding burning forest to clear land. They have even said they "Maintain natural vegetation, permanent greenbelts and water catchments" in order to conserve biodiversity.
http://www.simedarbyplantation.com/Biodiversity_.aspx
Project Rileaf has already benefitted a number of local people, such as:
- Members of KAPOK (Kamuniti Anak Pokok Kinabatangan) who received contracts from Nestle to set up nurseries.
- Habitat Enterprise, Eco Hijau and Mescot (a group of local service providers) who have been contracted to handle planting plots, transportation and planting seedlings.
- Local women, who were trained basic entrepreneurial skills and eco-tourism.
Nestle is spending RM700,000 to RM800,000 on these people a year.Nestle would likely to be for KCol, as they want to be associated with such projects which help 'brand' themselves as 'sustainable'. Such sustainable efforts have awarded them membership to the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD). Nestle strive to improve their operational efficiency and environmental impact, this done by setting short term goals and commitments to different sustainable aspects (for example, water, climate change, energy efficiency). Specifically relating to KCol, they have short-term goals and commitments towards improving biodiversity impacts. The short-term goal is to source palm oil only from sustainable sources by 2015 and to help achieve zero net deforestation by 2020. This is done by committing themselves to work with farmers + produces whom they buy directly from to assess their agriculture practices. Simultaneously monitor their impact towards the local area's impact upon local biodiversity.
http://www.nestle.com/csv/environment/overview
http://www.nestle.com/csv/environment/biodiversity
(Local)
(International)
School Brunei)
ISB has been working with the WWF Kinabatangan Corridor of Life for six years by working with local NGOs and villages to restore degraded areas of forest.
in 2010.
David Taylor said: "It is important for teachers to experience firsthand just what is happening to the planet in the name of economic development and profit at the expense of biodiversity and to take their experiences back to the classroom. It is important that we make our students aware of the threats to the natural environment and to teach them the importance of development in sustainable ways."
http://www.isb.edu.bn/index.php/news/item/496-60000-trees-planted-in-kinabatangan