Forest Degradation In Sarawak
Since 2014 the State Government has stepped up its efforts to combat illegal logging in Sarawak.
Forest degradation in sarawak. The paper focuses on rainforest degradation in Sarawak during the rapid economic development of the state since the late 1970s. Total logs seized in 2015 is 47060 cubic metres compared with. Illegal logging has many negative impacts on the economy environment and society.
The Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak are global hotspots of forest loss and degradation due to timber and oil palm industries. The Pan-Borneo Highway and hydroelectric dams in Sarawak substantially threaten the remaining biodiversity of the region through several meansdirect habitat loss through forest clearing forest inundation dissecting protected areas and key habitats habitat fragmentation core-forest degradation and habitat isolation Figs 2 3 and 5. However the rates and patterns of change have remained poorly measured by conventional field or satellite approaches.
Lubuk Antu District is a typical rural area in Sarawak which has been experiencing deforestation and forest degradation over the last two decades. In terms of geographical regions the forest coverage is 436 for Peninsular Malaysia 645 for Sabah and 623 for Sarawak. 11 May 2015 Kuching.
To quantifying deforestation and forest degradation at Lubuk Antu District a typical rural area of Sarawak Malaysia. It contributes to environmental degradation which leads to biodiversity loss destruction of habitats for animals and deforestation. There were increases of oil palm and rubber areas but degraded forest the second largest land cover type had increased considerably.
The Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak are global hotspots of forest loss and degradation due to timber and oil palm industries. Legal logging has caused substantial forest loss and degradation in Sarawak over the past 30 years depleting canopy cover altering forest structure exacerbated hunting and driving conversion. Using 30 m resolution optical imagery acquired since 1990 forest cover and logging roads were mapped.
The results showed significant loss of intact forest at 09 per year which was substantially higher than the rate of Sarawak. The Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak are global hotspots of forest loss and degradation due to timber and oil palm industries. Some environmental groups claim that Sarawak has lost 90 percent of its primary forests to logging while indigenous tribes in the state have faced the destruction of their forests harassment.
Evidence from government statistics satellite and cartographic data together with the responses of interviewees in rural areas indicate that forest degradation is due not only to the activities of commercial timber. We analyzed Landsat-5 Thematic Mapper images of 1990 and 2009 to quantifying deforestation and forest degradation at Lubuk Antu District a typical rural area of Sarawak Malaysia. As it stands the distribution of forests varies among states.
According to the World Wide Fund for Natures WWF recent 2015 Living Forests Report deforestation is severe in Borneo one of the 11 places in the world projected to have the most deforestation in the next 15 years. Forest Department Sarawak Headquarters Level 15 East Wing Bangunan Baitul Makmur II Medan Raya Petra Jaya 93050 Kuching Sarawak Tel. This paper focuses on the changes in forest quality that have taken place in an area of Sarawak that has witnessed rapid economic development the hinter- A11 words underlined in the text are terms from the Iban.
The Deforestation Fronts report also acknowledges that Sabah and Sarawak have in place state policies to maintain forest cover of their land mass at 50 per cent and 57 per cent respectively. The results showed significant loss of intact forest at 09 per year which was substantially higher than the rate of Sarawak. Posted on 12 May 2015.
Indeed hill forest logging in Sarawak can lead to the removal of about 46 of the natural cover Kava- nagh et al 1989 and thus to severe degradation of the entire forest system. Reducing deforestation in Malaysias Bornean states of Sarawak Sabah. While commercial plantation development was found in accessible areas most of the local people have been practicing shifting cultivation that causes forest degradation.
The number of cases investigated in 2015 has dropped from 241 cases in 2014 as compared to 208 cases in 2015.
