Defend the Losing Paradise

(The Borneo Forest)

By

Ngumbang Anak JuatStudent ID: 120021866

http://borneoproject.org/photo-gallery/indigenous-resistance

Why I Care?

Habitat Loss Prediction:• 1990 to 1997 = 5.8 ± 1.4 million hectares of

humid tropical forest was lost each year

• 2.3 ± 0.7 million hectares of forest visibly degraded (Achard, F. et al. 2002).

Year Total Land Cover (Ha)

Percentage of Total

Land Cover

1985 53,594,800 73.7

2000 41,821,573 57.5

2005 36,636,513 50.4

2010 32,316,618 44.4

2020 23,676,828 32.6

Source: http://www.sarawakforestry.com/htm/snp-np.html

SARAWAK NATIONAL PARKS

Sarawak land area= 124,450 km² =12,445,000 hectare

Source: http://www.sarawakforestry.com/htm/snp-np.html

Summary of Existing Totally Protected Areas (TPAs)

Source: http://www.sarawakforestry.com/htm/snp-np.html

No. Land Areas (ha) Water Bodies (ha) Total Land Area(excluding water

bodies)

1. Existing TPA’ s :-National ParksNature ReserveWildlife Sanctuaries

299,793945.07192,235.4

19,414

492973.47

TOTAL 512387.47 (land area and

water )3.96%

The Threats:

http://borneoproject.org/photo-gallery/rainforest-destruction

Oil Palm Plantation

http://borneoproject.org/photo-gallery/rainforest-destruction

Acacia spp. Plantation

http://borneoproject.org/photo-gallery/rainforest-destruction

Logging

http://borneoproject.org/photo-gallery/rainforest-destruction

Hydro Electric Dam Construction

http://borneoproject.org/photo-gallery/rainforest-destruction

Slash and Burn Farming Practices

Impacts of Habitat Loss:

http://bruntonal.travellerspoint.com/s11/ http://bruntonal.travellerspoint.com/s11/

Mathai, et.al (2010)http://www.theborneopost.com/2012/11/15/villagers-mystified-by-strange-animal/

Loss of Ecological Services

http://borneoproject.org/photo-gallery/rainforest-destruction

Creating the socioeconomic problems especially for forest-dependent communities

http://borneoproject.org/photo-gallery/indigenous-resistance

http://borneoproject.org/photo-gallery/indigenous-resistance

Ecological Disaster (For example Rajang River Logjam, Oct. 6-9, 2010)

http://hornbillunleashed.wordpress.com/2010/10/08/10352/

http://hornbillunleashed.wordpress.com/2010/10/08/10352/

http://hornbillunleashed.wordpress.com/2010/10/08/10352/

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/10/9/nation/7192940&sec=nation

Our Actions To Reduce Loss:

WCS – Wildlife Conservation Society BCSS – Biodiversity Conservation Society of

Sarawak WWF – World Wildlife Fund 

SFC - Sarawak Forestry Corporation SFD - Sarawak Forestry Department

UNIMAS - University Malaysia SarawakBRIMAS - Borneo Resources Institute 

BMF -The Bruno Manser Fund The Borneo Project 

Sarawak Report Radio Free Sarawak

Education and Training

Sound Science and Research

 

For Your Thoughts: 

There is no promising victory in this battle. What certain is this Paradise

and its inhabitants will suffered most, drifted by the waves of “Globalisation” and may be vanish like the wind. So, I

beg to you my friends…help me to carry this burden, because this is too

much for me to comprehend. From: Little man in mission

Question please!!

ngumbang@wcs-malaysia