7. Successfully carrying out the Peatland Forest Ranger (PFR) and Junior
Peatland Forest Ranger (JPFR) programmes for 20 schools, including an
annual PFR and JPFR camp, school level activities, and many others.
(b) Friends of Kuala Langat North Peat Swamp Forest or Sahabat Hutan Gambut
Kuala Langat Utara (SHGKLU) in Selangor State.
The indigenous community or Orang Asli (OA) who becomes as the Friends
of Kuala Langat North Peat Swamp Forest lives adjacent to Kuala Langat North
Forest Reserve (KLNFR) is made up of indigenous community of Temuan tribe
from villages such as Kampung Bukit Cheeding, Kampung Busut Baru, and
Kampung Pulau Kempas. The total population of indigenous community in this
area is about 300 people from Bukit Cheeding and 200 from Pulau Kempas. The
indigenous community living adjacent to KLNFR is from the Temuan Tribe.
Friends of Kuala Langat North Peat Swamp Forest or Sahabat Hutan Gambut
Kuala Langat Utara (SHGKLU) is a “peat guardian team” formed among the
local indigenous community from two villages, namely Kampung Bukit
Cheeding and Kampung Pulau Kempas. They work together to address the
issues and assist on the conservation and protection as well as fire prevention
of KLNFR and its surrounding landscape. The following are the activities being
carried out by SHGKLU:1. Establishing a patrol team, which consists of 2-motorbike riders who patrol
around KLNFR 3–4 days in a week and monitor along the forest buffers for
open burning.
2. Establishing an indigenous community nursery in Pulau Kempas. The nursery has produced about 10,000 saplings for tree planting activities in KLNFR
to date.
3. Establishing a team to undertake planting activity in KLNFR. As of today,
14 hectares of degraded peat areas in KLNFR have been planted.
4. Producing handicraft products made of natural resources.
5. Empowering OA in climate mitigation and adaptation in peat swamps in
Selangor and Pahang (2018–2019).
6. Through the OA participation, supporting the implementation of the Fire
Management Plan for Kuala Langat North Forest Reserve (KLNFR) which
is in line with the ASEAN Guidelines on Peatland Fire Management.
7. Successfully carrying out the Junior Peatland Forest Ranger (JPFR)
programme at Sekolah Kebangsaan Asli Bukit Cheeding and Sekolah
Kebangsaan Asli Kampung Busut Baru, including an annual JPFR camp,
school level activities, and many others.
(c) Friends of Tanjung Kelapa Village Peat Swamp Forest or Sahabat Hutan
Gambut Kampung Tanjung Kelapa (SHGKTK).
Friends of Tanjung Kelapa Village Peat Swamp Forest consists of indigenous
communities of Jakun tribe from nine sub-villages of Resettlement Plan Scheme
(RPS) Runchang (villages consisting of Tanjung Kelapa, Keralek, Sapai,
Melogo, Tanjung Ipoh, etc.) who live adjacent to the western part of Southeast
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Peatland Forest Ranger (JPFR) programmes for 20 schools, including an
annual PFR and JPFR camp, school level activities, and many others.
(b) Friends of Kuala Langat North Peat Swamp Forest or Sahabat Hutan Gambut
Kuala Langat Utara (SHGKLU) in Selangor State.
The indigenous community or Orang Asli (OA) who becomes as the Friends
of Kuala Langat North Peat Swamp Forest lives adjacent to Kuala Langat North
Forest Reserve (KLNFR) is made up of indigenous community of Temuan tribe
from villages such as Kampung Bukit Cheeding, Kampung Busut Baru, and
Kampung Pulau Kempas. The total population of indigenous community in this
area is about 300 people from Bukit Cheeding and 200 from Pulau Kempas. The
indigenous community living adjacent to KLNFR is from the Temuan Tribe.
Friends of Kuala Langat North Peat Swamp Forest or Sahabat Hutan Gambut
Kuala Langat Utara (SHGKLU) is a “peat guardian team” formed among the
local indigenous community from two villages, namely Kampung Bukit
Cheeding and Kampung Pulau Kempas. They work together to address the
issues and assist on the conservation and protection as well as fire prevention
of KLNFR and its surrounding landscape. The following are the activities being
carried out by SHGKLU:1. Establishing a patrol team, which consists of 2-motorbike riders who patrol
around KLNFR 3–4 days in a week and monitor along the forest buffers for
open burning.
2. Establishing an indigenous community nursery in Pulau Kempas. The nursery has produced about 10,000 saplings for tree planting activities in KLNFR
to date.
3. Establishing a team to undertake planting activity in KLNFR. As of today,
14 hectares of degraded peat areas in KLNFR have been planted.
4. Producing handicraft products made of natural resources.
5. Empowering OA in climate mitigation and adaptation in peat swamps in
Selangor and Pahang (2018–2019).
6. Through the OA participation, supporting the implementation of the Fire
Management Plan for Kuala Langat North Forest Reserve (KLNFR) which
is in line with the ASEAN Guidelines on Peatland Fire Management.
7. Successfully carrying out the Junior Peatland Forest Ranger (JPFR)
programme at Sekolah Kebangsaan Asli Bukit Cheeding and Sekolah
Kebangsaan Asli Kampung Busut Baru, including an annual JPFR camp,
school level activities, and many others.
(c) Friends of Tanjung Kelapa Village Peat Swamp Forest or Sahabat Hutan
Gambut Kampung Tanjung Kelapa (SHGKTK).
Friends of Tanjung Kelapa Village Peat Swamp Forest consists of indigenous
communities of Jakun tribe from nine sub-villages of Resettlement Plan Scheme
(RPS) Runchang (villages consisting of Tanjung Kelapa, Keralek, Sapai,
Melogo, Tanjung Ipoh, etc.) who live adjacent to the western part of Southeast
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