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SABAH KINI
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)
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nampaknya Sabah masih mempunyai hutan yang masih luas. penduduk juga maih ramai yang tinggal di kawasan pedalaman. apapun, semoga kepentingan dan kebajikan penduduk di sana terus terjaga.
Sabah mmg masih dikelilingi hutan, Sabah adalah destinasi yang palung sesuai untuk melihat alam semulajadi.
baguslah kalau macam itu.. Sebaiknya penjagaan hutan perlu diambil kira dalam pembangunan yang pesat sekarang ini.
agaknya inilah yang membuatkan pembangkang beriya2 mahu merampas Sabah.. hutan2 yang masih ada di negeri ini mampu menjadikan mereka billionaire dalam masa sekelip mata..
syabas kepada kerajaan negeri Sabah kerana mampu mengekalkan hutan di negeri ini ketika pembangunan sedang rancak dilaksanakan..
Ini merupakan berita yang baik. Kerajaan dan Jabatan Perhutanan perlu sentiasa pastikan kemapanan hutan di Sabah ini.
SABAH is fast becoming a trailblazer in sustainable forest management. This is evident from the numerous accolades, notably from the United Nations, World Wildlife Fund Malaysia, Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) and the Prince Charles Charity, for the success of its forest conservation efforts.
With the global community looking at Sabah as a fine example in tropical rainforest protection and management, several forest conservation-related international meetings and conferences were held in the state over the past few months.
At one of them, the United Nation Development Programme's resident representative for Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei, Kamal Malhotra, described Sabah as a model of sustainable forest management not only for Southeast Asia, but also the world.
In recognition of Sabah's efforts, the UNDP has agreed to fund a RM14 million project on multi-use forest landscape planning and management at a 260,000ha active production forest area at the Kalabakan-Gunung Rara forest reserve in Tawau.
Echoing Malhotra, WWF Malaysia chief executive officer Datuk Dr Dionysius S.K. Sharma commended the visionary leadership of the state government under Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman for its political will and for "walking the talk" in implementing programmes and initiatives to protect and conserve the environment.
"Sustainable development will determine if we get to keep this planet, and Sabah, with the leadership that it has, will be able to keep this part of the world intact," remarked Dr Dionysius.
Sabah's forest conservation effort has also attracted the attention of Charles, the Prince of Wales, whose foundation is involved in funding numerous rainforest conservation programmes.
State Forestry director Datuk Sam Mannan was recently invited by the prince to share Sabah's success in sustainable forest management at the WWF Global Forest Trade Network (GFTN) Anniversary Forum in London.
It is heartening to note that these strict practices have helped Sabah improve the way it manages its forests.
This was evident particularly in terms of phasing out short-term logging licences that did not adhere to sustainability principles.
Through new practices, long-term forest management plans were designed and reduced-impact logging was introduced.
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