KIRA-KIRA 60 peratus daripada muka bumi Sabah masih dilitupi hutan, sekalipun negeri ini menyaksikan perubahan lanskap yang pesat sejak beberapa dekad yang lalu.
Pengarah Jabatan Perhutanan Sabah, Datuk Sam Mannan berkata walaupun kerajaan memperkenalkan pertanian bagi mengurangkan penggantungan kepada balak, saiz hutan Sabah tidak banyak terjejas susulan pelaksanaan sistem hutan simpan.
"Kira-kira empat juta hektar muka bumi Sabah masih dilitupi hutan meliputi hutan simpan, taman dan santuari hidupan liar," katanya ketika menyampaikan taklimat kepada Sultan Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah yang berangkat melawat Pusat Penemuan Hutan Hujan di Sepilok, di Sandakan,kelmarin.
Katanya, kadar penerokaan hutan bagi tempoh 1970 hingga 2010 adalah 0.5 peratus dengan kemuncaknya sekitar 1990 dan 2000 iaitu ketika tempoh letusan ladang kelapa sawit.
Bagaimanapun katanya, hutan hujan di negeri ini berupaya pulih dengan sebahagian besar aset biologinya kekal utuh serta tiada rekod mengenai kepupusan haiwan setakat ini.
"Paling hampir untuk pupus ialah badak sumbu Sabah yang kita cuba selamatkan menerusi pembiakan dalam kurungan," katanya.
Mengenai pusat itu, beliau berkata kos pembangunannya telah melangkaui RM25 juta dan dianggar RM10 juta akan dibelanjakan di bawah Rancangan Malaysia ke-10 bagi terus membangunkan fasiliti itu. (BERNAMA)
Hope that these forest will be protected so that the wildlife's natural habitat will not be harmed.
ReplyDeletemungkin perlu perbanyakkan lagi kawasan hutan simpan.
DeleteEfforts are needed to protect our rainforests and ensure that they are not affected due to developments.
ReplyDeleteKudos to the state govt and forestry department for their endless effort in protecting the forests.
ReplyDeletesememangnya kita memang perlu untuk melindungi hutan yang masih ada sekarang. jika tidak generasi akan datang hanya akan dapat melihat bangunan2 dan tidak berpeluang menikmati kehijauan alam seperti yang ada sekarang.
DeleteKekalkan hutan semula jadi Sabah. Mesti ada banyak habitat di dalam hutan tersebut.
ReplyDeletemuka bumi Sabah masih lagi diliputi hutan, ini memperlihatkan kerajaan Sabah amat menjaga hutan2 di Sabah.
ReplyDeleteSabah masih kaya lagi dengan hutan walaupun pembangunan begitu pesat dilakukan. Inilah yang kita mahukan. Walaupun pembangunan dilakukan disana sini namun keindahan alam perlu juga dijaga.
ReplyDeleteini membuktikan bahawa kerajaan negeri tidak sewenang2nya memusnahkan hutan di negeri ini semata2 mahu memenuhi tuntutan pembangunan..
ReplyDeletesaya yakin kerajaan negeri akan terus memelihara serta memulihara hutan di negeri ini melalui komitment Jabatan perhutanan negeri..
ReplyDeleteThe state also started giving priority to the protection of High Conservation Value Forests, which are home to diverse wildlife and plants, and also serve as watersheds. By committing to sustainable ways of logging, Sabah has also safeguarded the interests of local communities whose lives depend on the forest.
ReplyDeleteSwitching from conventional logging to sustainable harvesting was perhaps one of the most difficult decisions the state government had to make.
DeleteThis was due to the fact that Sabah was hugely dependent on timber for revenue, and opting for sustainable forestry management means making sacrifices such as losing short-term monetary gains, and doing away with old ways of logging.
DeleteTime and resources were instead allocated to finding the best ways to harvest timber without negatively impacting the environment and communities.
DeleteThe most practical and pragmatic ways of doing things are continuously addressed as Sabah learnt newer things from its experience in sustainably managing forests.
ReplyDeleteDespite uncertainties when the state embarked on the bold decision to push for a sustainably harvested forest, it has passed the litmus test and has proven the doubters wrong.
ReplyDeleteFor Sabah, this is not just talk. We have success stories, among them the Deramakot Forest Reserve which has been certified as a well-managed forest under the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification scheme.
From the Deramakot experience, Sabah expanded sustainable forest management practices statewide in 1997, allowing it to continue creating jobs and revenue and at the same time preserving its forests and biodiversity.
DeleteThe practices are now well accepted and the goal of the Forestry Department to attain full certification for forest reserves by 2014 has started yielding results. To date, Sabah has 839,477ha of forest under some form of certification.
ReplyDeleteOf this, some 373,620ha have been certified as well-managed by the FSC.
This includes the recently certified 50,070ha Tangkulap forest reserve and the Ulu Segama and Malua forest reserves covering a total of 241,098ha. The Malu reserve is particularly significant as it is expected to help conserve a habitat for orang utans.
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