Sustainable use of tropical forests by reduced-impact logging in Deramakot Forest Reserve,Sabah, Malaysia |
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Authors: | Peter Lagan Sam Mannan Hisashi Matsubayashi |
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Institution: | (1) Sabah Forestry Department, Locked Bag 68, 90009 Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia;(2) Center for Ecological Research, Kyoto University, 509-3 Hirano 2 chome, Otsu 520-2113, Japan;(3) Present address: Tokyo University of Agriculture, 1737 Funako, Atsugi Kanagawa, 243-0034, Japan |
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Abstract: | In pursuance of economic growth and development, logging has exhausted the natural timber resource in the tropical rainforest
of Sabah, Malaysia. Realizing the forest depletion, the Sabah Forestry Department, with technical support from the German
Agency for Technical Cooperation, begun developing a management system with the intent of managing all commercial forest reserves
in a way that mimics natural processes for sustainable production of low volume, high quality, and high priced timber products
in 1989. As dictated by a forest management plan based on forest zoning, about 51,000 ha of the entire area is set aside for
log production and 4,000 ha for conservation in Deramakot Forest Reserve, Sabah, Malaysia. This Forest Management Plan has
served as the blueprint for operational work and biodiversity conservation in Deramakot to the present. A strict protection
area is set aside for biodiversity conservation within the reserve. A reduced-impact logging system is being employed for
harvesting with minimal impacts on the physical environment. Deramakot Forest Reserve was certified as “well managed” by an
international certification body, the Forest Stewardship Council, in 1997 and is the first natural forest reserve in Southeast
Asia managed in accordance with sustainable forestry principles. In addition to providing a "green premium," certification
provides easier market access, evidence of legality, multi-stakeholder participation, conservation of biodiversity and best
forest management practices, particularly reduced-impact logging techniques. Deramakot Forest Reserve is the flagship of the
Sabah Forestry Department and serves as a symbol of what can be achieved with political support and institutional commitment. |
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Keywords: | Deramakot Forest Reserve Sustainable forest management Reduced-impact logging Tropical rain forests Wildlife conservation |
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