Pahang Peatland Landscape in Pekan District, Pahang (with 30,000 ha of peat
swamp forests and black-water rivers of significant conservation importance).
The Indigenous People or Orang Asli (OA) community will be directly involved
in measures aiming to prevent fire and rehabilitate adjacent peatlands and peat
swamp forests through rewetting, enhanced natural regeneration, and planting
while at the same time they will be assisted in enhancing sustainable livelihoods
related to bee-keeping and organic agriculture.
A local committee known as Sahabat Hutan Gambut Kampung Tanjung
Kelapa (SHGKTK) was successfully established. The local community attended
training sessions on mengkuang weaving, kelulut bee-keeping, agricultural
crops planting, and enzyme fertilizer making. The following are the activities
being carried out by SHGKTK:1. Establishing an indigenous community nursery in Kampung Tanjung Kelapa.
2. Empowering OA in climate mitigation and adaptation in peat swamps in
Selangor and Pahang (2018–2019).
3. Fire prevention and forest rehabilitation in peat swamps in Selangor and
Pahang through OA Participation (2019–2020).
4. Mini landscape plan for peatlands adjacent to Bukit Leelau Estate, Pahang
(2018–2019).
5. Supporting peatland rehabilitation and conservation.
24.2.2 Nurturing Green Entrepreneurs’ Incentives Through
Local Community Participation
Sustaining the conservation and preservation of a peat swamp forest is highly
dependent on the involvement of the government and the local communities. The
local’s involvement will determine the reduction of negative impact to the peatland
ecosystem and the effectiveness of community-based rehabilitation programmes
being undertaken. Hence, a comprehensive mechanism should be established to
attract and secure continuous direct involvement of the local community in sustainable management of peatland. Some measures that can be applied based on the
achievement of some peatland areas in Malaysia are:(a) Saplings buyback programme.
The FPSF nurseries are established to support the peatland rehabilitation
programmes in Malaysia. The wildings are usually collected from a buffer
zone close to the forest boundary, which mainly from the smallholder palm oil
plantations. The wildings are then transplanted into polybags and well-kept in
the nursery. The management of the nursery is the responsibility of FPSF
members and with the supervision by GEC. The aims of the nursery are to
ensure a constant, reliable supply of healthy pioneer species saplings for the
peatland rehabilitation programmes. In addition, the nursery also provides
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swamp forests and black-water rivers of significant conservation importance).
The Indigenous People or Orang Asli (OA) community will be directly involved
in measures aiming to prevent fire and rehabilitate adjacent peatlands and peat
swamp forests through rewetting, enhanced natural regeneration, and planting
while at the same time they will be assisted in enhancing sustainable livelihoods
related to bee-keeping and organic agriculture.
A local committee known as Sahabat Hutan Gambut Kampung Tanjung
Kelapa (SHGKTK) was successfully established. The local community attended
training sessions on mengkuang weaving, kelulut bee-keeping, agricultural
crops planting, and enzyme fertilizer making. The following are the activities
being carried out by SHGKTK:1. Establishing an indigenous community nursery in Kampung Tanjung Kelapa.
2. Empowering OA in climate mitigation and adaptation in peat swamps in
Selangor and Pahang (2018–2019).
3. Fire prevention and forest rehabilitation in peat swamps in Selangor and
Pahang through OA Participation (2019–2020).
4. Mini landscape plan for peatlands adjacent to Bukit Leelau Estate, Pahang
(2018–2019).
5. Supporting peatland rehabilitation and conservation.
24.2.2 Nurturing Green Entrepreneurs’ Incentives Through
Local Community Participation
Sustaining the conservation and preservation of a peat swamp forest is highly
dependent on the involvement of the government and the local communities. The
local’s involvement will determine the reduction of negative impact to the peatland
ecosystem and the effectiveness of community-based rehabilitation programmes
being undertaken. Hence, a comprehensive mechanism should be established to
attract and secure continuous direct involvement of the local community in sustainable management of peatland. Some measures that can be applied based on the
achievement of some peatland areas in Malaysia are:(a) Saplings buyback programme.
The FPSF nurseries are established to support the peatland rehabilitation
programmes in Malaysia. The wildings are usually collected from a buffer
zone close to the forest boundary, which mainly from the smallholder palm oil
plantations. The wildings are then transplanted into polybags and well-kept in
the nursery. The management of the nursery is the responsibility of FPSF
members and with the supervision by GEC. The aims of the nursery are to
ensure a constant, reliable supply of healthy pioneer species saplings for the
peatland rehabilitation programmes. In addition, the nursery also provides
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