OVER 3,000 people residing in 13 villages within the Gumantong-Guluang-Gesusu Forest Reserve Class 1 have reason to smile now that the State Legislative Assembly has approved an amendment to de-gazette the status of the forest.
Matunggong Assemblyman Sarapin Magana, who welcomed the decision, said it would enable long-standing land applications by the villagers to be processed by the Land and Survey Department and local authorities.
"I am very grateful to Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman for being concerned for the need of the villagers to occupy 590 hectares in the three areas.
"De-gazetting the three areas in the forest reserve is really good news and timely to the 3,500 villagers because they strongly believe they have native customary rights on the land as they have been living there for many generations.
"Also, they have been toiling the land for so long by planting rubber, coconut trees and oil palm and have been enjoying the harvests.
In addition, they have built their family homes and ancestral burial grounds in the three areas," he said.
Sarapin said this after the approval of the amendment to de-gazette the Gumantong-Guluang-Gesusu Forest Reserve Class 1, Wednesday.
The 590 hectares have been de-gazetted for the purpose of agriculture and settlements. These areas are found not suitable to be retained as Forest Reserves as the areas are titled land, occupied by settlers and have been degraded.
"Actually the area was gazetted as Forest Reserve Class 1 in 2007. However, the villagers only realised that they are living inside the forest reserve belonging to the State Government, last year," said Sarapin.
"Therefore, they submitted their objection to me as the elected people representative and sought help to bring out the 13 villages from the forest reserve on the grounds that they have been living there for so many years.
"Together with Kota Marudu MP Datuk Dr Maximus Ongkili, I highlighted the issue to the Assembly last year to de-gazette and the Government agreed to do so in the same year," he said.
However, Sarapin said the matter was not yet discussed as a Bill at the sitting last year and he explained to the villagers that the process would take some time.
Unfortunately, the opposition played the issue up to fish for votes by claiming that the Government wanted to grab the land from the villagers.
"On behalf of the villagers, thank the government for its concern for the needs of the locals in line with the 1Malaysia concept: People's First, Performance Now," Sarapin said. (DE)
i am sure Sabah will always do the best to make sure people get the best..
ReplyDeleteFor sure the government will do its best.
DeleteTindakkan kerajaan Negeri yang benar-benar ingin menyelesaikan masalah NCR ini memang patut kita sokong sebaiknya.
DeleteSetiap apa yang dirancang sememangnya perlulah dilaksanakan sebaiknya.
DeleteMasalah tanah adalah antara masalah yang hangat dipermainkan oleh Pembangkang. Jadi sebaiknya masalah ini perlulah ditangani segera untuk menutup mulut pembangkang ini.
DeletePercaya atau tidak sebenarnya kerajaan telah pun merancang yang terbaik untuk penduduk Sabah ini.
DeleteKenapa Kerajaan Negeri memperkenalkan Geran Komunal ini kepada penduduk Sabah. Ini bagi membantu penduduk SAbah ini mengusahkan tanah tersebut sebaiknya dan tidak akan dijual kepada pihak lain.
Deletemasalah tanah adat pasti akan ditangani dengan serius oleh kerajaan.
ReplyDeleteNot only the land problem but also various kinds of problems.
DeleteIsu tanah masih tiada penyelesaian yang baik.
DeleteYa.thanks to our government. Accusations that the State Government is sidelining NCR land claims and discriminating against natives are totally untrue. the opposition had twisted and manipulated the NCR issue to gain political mileage.
ReplyDeleteAll of them are merely baseless accusations.
DeleteChief Minister assured the House that the State Cabinet has the final administrative authority on land matters as provided by the land law and NCR is still being administered as before and is very much alive.
ReplyDeleteNative wishing to make any NCR claim under Section 14 of the Sabah Land Ordinance can still submit their claim to the Assistant Collector of Land Revenue (ACLR) notwithstanding the provisions under the 1930 amendment to the Land Ordinance.
ReplyDeleteCM Musa Aman in Dewan Negeri refuting once again the allegations that the state government was letting down the natives with regard to NCR
DeleteGiving a historical account of the NCR provision of the land law, Musa told the House that the 13 December 1930 amendment to the Sabah Land Ordinance sought to regulate and check the hitherto free-for-all situation involving land ownership.
ReplyDeleteAs a result of the1930 amendment all land in then North Borneo became government land (now known as state land). Following the amendment, the occupation of state land by any native is subject to sections 5, 6(1), 65 and 88 of the Land Ordinance, whereby the occupation must comply with certain criteria under the land law. If the occupation is found to be legitimate and fulfill the criteria set out under section 15 of the Land Ordinance, the occupation will be considered and recognized under NCR occupation and land ownership may be granted.
ReplyDeleteThe Chief Minister gave statistics over a 15-years period between 1997 until September 2012 to show that NCR has been alive and well. He disclosed that the Lands and Survey Department received and registered 615 NCR land claims cases, involving 1,164 claimants. Of these, 207 cases were given NCR recognition, 70 cases were found to be groundless and were thus rejected while 338 cases are still under process.
ReplyDeleteBerita baik daripada kerajaan Negeri untuk penduduk sabah.
ReplyDeleteAccording to the Sabah Chief Minister, one reason for the issuance of Communal Land Titles is to protect the interest of natives occupying state land or part of a forest reserve in the vicinity of native village settlements
DeleteCommunal Titles could at some point in the future be subdivided into individual lots should the beneficiaries so wish, but not before the individual lots for which they seek separate titles have been fully developed.
Deletein the forest sector Musa has done a wonderful job as he has been pursuing for good forest and environmental governance in the interest of future generations to come.
ReplyDeleteMusa mengutamakan pemuliharaan dan pemeliharaan hutan di Sabah. Usaha beliau amat membanggakan.
DeleteRecently, The Sabah Forestry Department had decided to re-gazette 183,000 hectares of Class 2 Commercial Forests into Class 1 Protection Forests to expand the expanse of totally protected forests in the state. This “bold” upward reclassification exercise involves principally lowland forest ecosystem in Ulu Segama and Gunung Rara Forest Reserves, in pursuance of Musa’s decision.
ReplyDeleteKeseimbangan ekosistem harus sentiasa diutamakan.
DeleteThis exercise shall mean that Danum Valley on its eastern fringes will be buffered by totally protected forests and in particular, the biologically rich Ulu Segama Forest Reserve (127,890 hectares) can no longer be logged now or in the future because of legislative protection.
ReplyDeleteAt the same time, Northern Gunung Rara (55,000 hectares), which forms a vital wildlife buffer from Maliau Basin and Imbak Canyon to Danum Valley, will also be accorded full protection. Both areas, although logged over, are important wildlife habitats and are homes to iconic species such as orang-utan, pygmy elephants and the Bornean clouded leopard.
ReplyDeleteClass 1 Protection Forests are given strict protection primarily for safeguarding water sheds, maintenance of stability of essential climatic and environmental factors, in addition to biodiversity conservation. Under the Forest Enactment 1968 (Sabah), the law forbids any form of conversion such as conversion into oil palm plantations or timber exploitation in a Class 1 Forest.
ReplyDeleteAfter the gazettement of the Protection Forest Reserves in 1984, a total of 44 were gazetted as class 1 Forests, including the controversial Kukusan Hill Forest Reserve, Tawau, which was declassified to Class 2 in 2003. The last Class 1 gazettement was Maliau Basin Forest Reserve in 1997.
ReplyDeleteThe latest decision by Musa will increase the area under total protection to about 1,300,000 hectares or some 17.5 per cent of Sabah’s total land area, exceeding the IUCN standard of 10 percent. Musa’s model of good governance is being applauded within the country and beyond. The way he has won the hearts of people of Sabah and his popularity at the national level shows that ‘Good governance is also good politics’.
ReplyDeleteAccusations that the State Government is sidelining NCR land claims and discrimination against natives are totally untrue. Opposition had twisted and manipulated the NCR issue to gain political mileage.
DeleteRecently in Dewan Negeri debated the 2013 State Budget CM Musa Aman made good his recent promise to give the NCR issue a good airing at the forthcoming State Assembly meeting
ReplyDelete"Unfortunately, the opposition played the issue up to fish for votes by claiming that the Government wanted to grab the land from the villagers."
ReplyDeleteThis is what the opposition always do! Therefore, do not believe them!
"OVER 3,000 people residing in 13 villages within the Gumantong-Guluang-Gesusu Forest Reserve Class 1 have reason to smile now that the State Legislative Assembly has approved an amendment to de-gazette the status of the forest."
DeleteThe govt will never sideline the people. 'Rakyat didahulukan, Pencapaian diutamakan'.
Semoga kerajaan sentiasa mengutamakan rakyat. Hak milik juga dipertahankan.
DeleteKerajaan harus mencari kaedah yang lebih efektif untuk menanggani isu tanah NCR.
ReplyDeleteMusa has directed Malaysia Airports Bhd (MAB) to explain to the state cabinet the runway lights fiasco that rocked KK International Airport (KKIA) for two days.
ReplyDeleteThe closure of the runway at Kota Kinabalu International Airport (KKIA) inconvenienced thousands of people and affected Sabah’s image as a tourist destination, said Musa Aman.
ReplyDeleteIn fact the state government has make lots of efforts in giving the best for the people.
ReplyDeleteKerajaan Sabah beralih kepada kelapa sawit untuk mendapatkan hasil yang lebih banyak berikutan royalti kayu balak yang menurun dengan banyaknya sejak 20 tahun yang lalu dan kemungkinan besar, kekal rendah untuk 20 tahun lagi. Ini berikutan larangan membalak dan mengeksport papan untuk mengeluarkan kayu mampan serta memulihara hutan.
ReplyDeletePada 23 Januari, Ketua Menteri, Datuk Musa Aman melancarkan kompleks perladangan yang menggunakan namanya di Ladang Seraya Benta Wawasan Sendirian Berhad, kira-kira 120 km dari pekan kayu balak pantai timur di Tawau, yang akan ada keluasan 31,000 hektar kelapa sawit.
DeleteKatanya, sebanyak 17,000 hektar sudah ditanam sejak tiga tahun lalu. Dengan purata 3.8 tonne hasil minyak sawit mentah bagi sehektar dengan purata harga RM2,000 satu tonne, kawasan 31,000 hektar itu akan memberi kepada kerajaan pendapatan sebanyak RM235.6 juta.
DeleteMusa berkata, industri kelapa sawit menjadi genting kepada pembangunan ekonomi negeri. Pada 2008, eksport kelapa sawit mendapat RM19 bilion menjadikannya tiga suku kepada eksport Sabah. Satu pertiga daripada 4.5 juta hektar kelapa sawit Malaysia berada di timur Malaysia yang menyumbangkan kira-kira 30 peratus eksport kelapa sawit negara dengan pendapatan tahunan RM65
DeletePerkara pertama dilakukan Datuk Najib Razak ketika tiba di Sabah untuk merayakan Hari Malaysia pada 16 September ialah memberi sokongan nyata kepada Ketua Menteri Datuk Seri Musa Aman. "Kerajaan Sabah dibawah kepimpinan Musa Aman dan kerajaan persekutuan bekerjasama dengan baik untuk membangun Sabah," katanya kepada di depan orang ramai yang datang merayakan Aidilfitri bersamanya di Padang Bandaran di Sandakan
ReplyDeleteNajib tidak menafikan yang beliau mahu Musa dalam pasukannya untuk mengubah Malaysia menjadi sebuah negara berpendapatan tinggi dalam masa 10 tahun. Dan beliau yakin, yang Musa akan mencapai matlamatnya di negeri di Borneo utara itu.
DeletePerdana menteri juga memuji Musa kerana berjaya mengubah kewangan negeri. Sebelum Musa menjadi ketua menteri pada 2003, perbendaharaan negeri mempunyai hanya RM168 juta. Namun selepas mengambil alih, Musa mengubah ekonomi yang lembab menjadi ekonomi bertenaga menggunakan strategi halatuju tiga serampang mata yang memberi fokus kepada pertanian, pelancongan dan pembuatan.
DeleteSimpanan kemudian melonjak hingga 10 kali ganda kepada RM1.7 bilion pada tahun depan. Simpanan negeri kini ada kira-kira RM3 bilion. Tujuh tahun yang lalu, negeri ini mengalami defisit RM3 bilion dan menurut Datuk Masidi Manjun, menteri pelancongan, kebudayaan dan alam sekitar, perbendaharaan ketika itu tidak dapat membayar kontraktor binaan.
Delete“Ada banyak wang kerajaan Sabah sekarang," kata Najib menambah bahawa kewangan Sabah bukan saja stabil tetapi ia "terus kukuh dan Yayasan Sabah (badan pendidikan dan sosio ekonomi negeri) juga semakin tegap."
DeletePegawai berkata, Yayasan Sabah kini ada wang simpanan sebanyak RM3 bilion, jumlah yang jauh lebih banyak pada waktu di mana ada kakitangan yang terpaksa dihentikan perkhidmatan sebab yayasan itu tidak ada wang untuk membayar gaji mereka.
DeleteSabah kini banyak wang dan negeri ini semakin pesat membangun walaupun berlaku kemelesetan ekonomi sejagat. Kerajaan persekutuan kata Najib, memberikan sebanyak RM6.2 bilion kepada Sabah untuk melaksanakan pelbagai projek dibawah indeks prestasi seperti memperbaiki jalan raya, bekalan elektrik, air dan menyediakan rumah bagi penduduk miskin.
DeleteMusa said there are 5 methods through which natives could apply for land and for the State to protect and preserve native land ownership as well as the NCR.
ReplyDeleteThe first method was to give ownership to natives land application approval and up to Dec 2011, the State Government through the Land and Survey Department had registered 348,652 land titles.
ReplyDelete17,501 land applications had been processed in 2011 and 6,872 of which 6,218 were NT lands endorsed for approval through the respective district Land Utilisation Committee (LUC).
ReplyDeleteUp to August this year, 35,350 land applications had been processed out of which 10,540 comprising 9,922 NT lands had been endorsed for approval by the district LUC.
ReplyDeletehe second method for natives to acquire land was through the gazettement of State Land as Natives Reserve under Section 78 of the Sabah Land Ordinance. Up to Dec 2011, 53,190.857ha had been gazetted for native use such as village and grazing fields.
ReplyDeleteThe third method was through Communal Land Title under the amended Section 76 of the Sabah Land Ordinance that was gazetted on Dec 10, 2009. Up to Dec 2011, seven Communal Land Titles had been issued totalling 12,777.14ha for 2,661 beneficiaries in three districts, another 52 Communal Title for 23,046.07ha of land would be issued to 5,373 beneficiaries in 7 districts.
ReplyDeleteCM said the State Government through the Land and Survey Department has recognised NCR land since the formulation of the Sabah Land Ordinance until today.
ReplyDeleteHe state government has discharged its fiduciary duties at its level to preserve and protect the native land rights and ownership thus the claims that dicriminating land ownership for natives are truly untrue.
ReplyDeleteOn the statements by the State Attorney General, Roderic Fernandez and Land and Survey Department Director Osman Jamal pertaining to the 1930 Sabah Land Ordinance , he said it was based on their respective definition from the legal point of view and land admin affairs perspective.
ReplyDeleteSK Pulau Gaya became the centre of attraction on Monday with a special visit by British High Commissioner Simon Featherstone to the school, where he made the special trip by boat to celebrate the achievements of the British Council's English Language Teacher Development Project (ELTDP).
ReplyDeleteState Community Development and Consumer Affairs Azizah said women represented about 32.5% (516,500) of the 1,589,900 total workforce in Sabah. This was based on an investigation on the workforce in Sabah in 2010by the Statistic Department.
ReplyDeleteThe number of unemployed women at the time investigation was carried out was 24,000 people (29.1%) while for the unemployed men, it was 58,000 people (70.9%), making the total number of unemployed people in the State then at 82,000.
ReplyDeleteHousewives are not included under the workforce category and their number was 518,000 in 2010, which is among 656,000 women recorded under the non workforce category.
ReplyDeleteUPKO is supportive of LDP Youth's age formula in selecting candidates for BN in the coming general election, said its chief Ewon Benedick.
ReplyDeleteKudat Assemblyman Teo Chee Kang urged the state government to increase the allocation amount at RM32m , for the Chinese independent schools, Chinese primary schools vernacular schools and non Islamic religious statewide as they need more assistance.
ReplyDeletePutrajaya revealed today that businessman Michael Chia was never caught in Hong Kong holding large sums of Singapore currency as reported, in the latest twist to the saga over a RM40 million political donation for Sabah Umno.
ReplyDeleteThe Padang Rengas MP explained that the RM40 million, which was allegedly meant for Sabah Chief Minister Datuk Musa Aman, was actually frozen in an investment account in Hong Kong.
ReplyDeleteThe Ministry has not received many complaints on increases in the prices of food and beverage particularly those operating coffeeshops, and discussions will be held with them however he said, the Ministry does not control prices of cooked food or the rental for premises.
ReplyDeleteThe quality control of all KR1M products has to be approved by the Ministry of Health before they are allowed to be sold to consumers, and advised consumers who find substandard KR1M products to report to the Ministry.
ReplyDelete“As Chief Minister, I personally will ensure that native rights are given top priority. And with this, I hope that no one will again manipulate the issue but to give their cooperation to help address it,” Musa said.----
ReplyDeleteMusa is a really caring CM. He's not just want to develop the city but also natives in village
The government, he added, regarded issue of native affairs as a main agenda and that was why any decision made would first take into account the interest of the future generations.
ReplyDelete“As a government elected by the people, we are aware we are shouldering a huge responsibility and mandate in our struggle to safeguard the interest and future of the people, especially the natives.
“As such, it is my hope that the NCR issue will no longer be politicised by certain quarters to fulfil their political agenda,” he said.
Meanwhile, the Chief Minister pointed out that the state govenrment had carried out its fudiciary responsibility to its level best in preserving and protecting the natives’ customary land rights and land ownership.
“The accusations that the government ignored NCR land claims and discriminated in giving land to natives are unfounded and not true,”he stressed.
Yesterday, Musa also informed the House that the then Birtish North Borneo Chartered Company took 41 years to formulate a land legislation on NCR – the Land Ordinance – to protect native land rights and land ownership in accordance with Article No. 9 of the English Royal Charter.
The objective of the Ordinance was to manage the allocation and ownership of land in an efficient manner.
“And to realise this objective, the Beitish administation incorporated new provisions in Sections 5, 6, 65 and 88.
“For the information of the Assembly members, Section 6 concerns ‘government property land’, Section 6 is related to ‘unlawful occupation not to establish any right’ while Sections 65 and 88 are about ‘customary tenure and ‘no title or claim to land valud unless registered.”
from the quote article, we know that natives has high priority in Sabah
ReplyDeletegeran komunal amat baik untuk penduduk, ia memastikan tanah penduduk terjaga.
ReplyDeletePerdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak menyuarakan sokongan kepada konsep geran komunal hasil inisiatif kerajaan negeri Sabah, kerana ia memberi jaminan masa depan kepada masyarakat luar bandar.
ReplyDeleteusaha itu akan membawa perubahan cukup bermakna dalam mengeluarkan mereka daripada kepompong kemiskinan atau kategori miskin tegar..
ReplyDeletekerajaan persekutuan turut mengeluarkan RM30 juta untuk tujuan persempadanan geran komunal ini.
ReplyDeleteKetua Menteri Sabah Datuk Seri Musa Aman berkata setakat ini, beberapa geran komunal telah dikeluarkan di seluruh Sabah, termasuk di Salarom Taka (Nabawan) dan Lalampas (Tongod), dengan sokongan serta penglibatan penuh penduduk kampung.
ReplyDeleteinilah cara pemimpin Barisan Nasional berkhidmat untuk rakyat bagi memastikan golongan luar bandar dapat menikmati kehidupan lebih terjamin
ReplyDeletedan tidak lagi memikirkan tentang hal-hal pemilikan tanah untuk diwariskan di masa depan.
Musa Aman’s Model of Good Governance
ReplyDeleteMusa Aman has the distinction of being the longest serving Chief Minister of the state of Sabah. He firstly assumed this responsibility in March 27th 2003. Thereafter, he has had sweeping victories in two successive Assembly Elections held in 2004 and March 2008. He has also won successive byelections for Barisan National, example, the Batu Sapi Parliamentary elections where Taiko Yong Teck Lee the President of SAPP was trashed badly and so was PKR’s Ansari Abdullah. The victory of 2008 12th General Elections where he won 59 seats out of the total 60 seats is a reaffirmation of the people’s faith in his leadership, statesmanship and governance which he displayed as Chief Minister from 2003.
Musa Aman’s Model of Good Governance
Musa Aman’s Model of Good Governance
ReplyDeleteWidely regarded as a youthful and energetic, innovative and a determined leader, he has successfully communicated his vision to 3 million people of Sabah and has been able to instill a sense of confidence in what they have and a hope for a golden tomorrow.
Musa Aman’s Model of Good Governance
Musa Aman’s Model of Good Governance
ReplyDeleteAn astute politician, a skilled orator and a deft negotiator, Musa Aman has earned the love and affection of the people from kampongs, towns and city alike which makes him a rare leader of the masses. When he became the Chief Minister of Sabah for the first time in March 27th 2003, he already had experience in banking and business earlier, besides, he was Minister of Finance since March 27, 2001 in Tan Sri Chong Kah Kiat’s cabinet.
Musa Aman’s Model of Good Governance
Musa Aman’s Model of Good Governance
ReplyDeleteHis utmost commitment and dedication have rendered him as an outstanding administrator and after being elected for the 2nd term, in March 2008, as chief minister, the Sabah Chinese Chamber of Commerce had a lot of good words to say about Musa Aman and the prudent ways he handle the state’s finance, a rare comment from Chinese business community.
Musa Aman’s Model of Good Governance
Musa Aman’s Model of Good Governance
ReplyDeleteWhen the Musa government was sworn-in in 2003, the economy of Sabah was reeling under several adverse trends. The growth in various sectors was stagnant, major parts of the state were facing water scarcity and power shortage, infrastructure was in shambles and investments had slowed down. Moreover, the mood of the people was despondent.
Musa Aman’s Model of Good Governance
Musa Aman’s Model of Good Governance
ReplyDeleteThe biggest challenge was to resurrect the spirits and the economy, revive the livelihoods and to construct the infrastructure. However Musa Aman, a master strategist enriched by national and international exposure and experience, decided to take the bull by its horns and turned an adversity into an opportunity. He re-oriented and re-organized government’s administrative structure, embarked upon a massive exercise for construction of infrastructure, recreation of the business environment and rejuvenation of the traditional entrepreneurial spirit of Sabah, putting Sabah back on the road to progress and prosperity.
Musa Aman’s Model of Good Governance
Musa Aman’s Model of Good Governance
ReplyDeleteSabah has registered a GDP growth of over 7% over past five years which is one of the highest growth rate among all the states in Malaysia. The efforts of Musa’s government have resulted into metamorphosis of a revenue deficit state into a revenue surplus state with reserves of 2.32 billion ringgit . Last year alone, the state’s export value stood at RM49.4 billion with trade surplus of RM16.6 billion.
Musa Aman’s Model of Good Governance
Musa Aman’s Model of Good Governance
ReplyDeleteMusa Aman mooted a model of development through people’s participation. USP of his development model has been a quantum leap (think big) and change right from the roots (no cosmetic changes). Sabah recorded the biggest gross output in agriculture compared to other states in the country. Agriculture production including short term and long term crops have quadrupled. Sabah produced RM13.21 billion or 24.7 per cent of the total of RM53.45 billion agricultural output in Malaysia last year.
Musa Aman’s Model of Good Governance
Musa Aman’s Model of Good Governance
ReplyDeleteSabah leads in energy production. Sabah has been able to supply uninterrupted three phase round the clock electricity to most of the kampongs in the state. The rural economy is now vibrant owing to this and some kampongs have turned into centers of production.
Musa Aman’s Model of Good Governance
Musa Aman’s Model of Good Governance
ReplyDeleteWorking in harmony with the Federal Ministries, Musa’s Government has brought qualitative change in health services and health infrastructure to ensure a healthy mother and child in the very remote areas of Sabah. Focus on cent per cent enrollment of children through campaigns and resultant drooping drop out rates have been able to reverse the trend of high illiteracy rate from Sabah.
Musa Aman’s Model of Good Governance
Musa Aman’s Model of Good Governance
ReplyDeleteThe focus is putting Sabah at par with the developed regions in Human Development Index and work towards the achieving Millenium Development Goals declared by the UN. To ensure all round, all inclusive and uniform development, comprehensive and well conceived packages like indigenous people welfare in remote areas, development of coastal dwellers, upliftment of urban poor are under implementation.
Musa Aman’s Model of Good Governance
Musa Aman’s Model of Good Governance
ReplyDeleteEven in the forest sector Musa has done a wonderful job as he has been pursuing for good forest and environmental governance in the interest of future generations to come. Recently, The Sabah Forestry Department had decided to re-gazette 183,000 hectares of Class 2 Commercial Forests into Class 1 Protection Forests to expand the expanse of totally protected forests in the state. This “bold” upward reclassification exercise involves principally lowland forest ecosystem in Ulu Segama and Gunung Rara Forest Reserves, in pursuance of Musa’s decision. This exercise shall mean that Danum Valley on its eastern fringes will be buffered by totally protected forests and in particular, the biologically rich Ulu Segama Forest Reserve (127,890 hectares) can no longer be logged now or in the future because of legislative protection.
Musa Aman’s Model of Good Governance
Musa Aman’s Model of Good Governance
ReplyDeleteAt the same time, Northern Gunung Rara (55,000 hectares), which forms a vital wildlife buffer from Maliau Basin and Imbak Canyon to Danum Valley, will also be accorded full protection. Both areas, although logged over, are important wildlife habitats and are homes to iconic species such as orang-utan, pygmy elephants and the Bornean clouded leopard.
Musa Aman’s Model of Good Governance
Musa Aman’s Model of Good Governance
ReplyDeleteClass 1 Protection Forests are given strict protection primarily for safeguarding water sheds, maintenance of stability of essential climatic and environmental factors, in addition to biodiversity conservation. Under the Forest Enactment 1968 (Sabah), the law forbids any form of conversion such as conversion into oil palm plantations or timber exploitation in a Class 1 Forest. After the gazettement of the Protection Forest Reserves in 1984, a total of 44 were gazetted as class 1 Forests, including the controversial Kukusan Hill Forest Reserve, Tawau, which was declassified to Class 2 in 2003. The last Class 1 gazettement was Maliau Basin Forest Reserve in 1997.
Musa Aman’s Model of Good Governance
Musa Aman’s Model of Good Governance
ReplyDeleteThe latest decision by Musa will increase the area under total protection to about 1,300,000 hectares or some 17.5 per cent of Sabah’s total land area, exceeding the IUCN standard of 10 percent. Musa’s model of good governance is being applauded within the country and beyond. The way he has won the hearts of people of Sabah and his popularity at the national level shows that ‘Good governance is also good politics’.
Musa Aman’s Model of Good Governance