Why has Yayasan Sabah, headed by Chief Minister Musa Aman, awarded 80,937 hectares of land to Pemaju Holdings Sdn Bhd?
KOTA KINABALU: The State Reform Party (STAR) Sabah chapter wants Chief Minister Musa Aman to respond to the Business Times report on the purported timber deal involving 80,937 hectares (199,995 acres) to be awarded to Permaju Holdings Sdn Bhd by Yayasan Sabah.
Party chairman Jeffrey Kitingan contended that as the chairman of Yayasan Sabah, Musa should clarify the issue, instead of getting the Director of Forestry Department to deny it.
“The director of forestry is being used as a mouthpiece to deflect the issue and avoid the real facts. His mere denial is out of context as the deal was reported to be with Yayasan Sabah.
“It is the chief minister having direct control of Yayasan Sabah, not the of director of forestry, who is the appropriate person to answer on the timber deal.
“Many answers need to be given so that allegations of timber kickbacks like the RM40 million ‘donation’ to Sabah Umno will not arise,” he said.
A former chairman of Yayasan Sabah himself, Jeffrey also questioned why the foundation awarded a huge area of concession to such a company at this time and who stands to benefit.
“Why are outsiders given priority in awarding of concessions and land instead of Sabahans?
“If there is no truth to the alleged timber deal, why is the report so detailed? If the report is not true, the government should consider suing the parties involved and lodging reports with the police, MACC and other bodies.
“If the report is true, which will not be surprising, the state government is selling the future of Yayasan Sabah, the state and Sabahans and the Umno-BN state government should be voted out in the coming general election,” he said.
He said that the Business Times report clearly re-affirms Sabah STAR’s stand that the “future of Sabah lies in the hands of Sabahans, not outsiders or Sabahans under the control of outsiders”.
WE ARE ALSO DEMAND AN EXPLANATION FROM EX-CHIEF MINISTER YONG TECK LEE ABOUT THIS;
ReplyDeleteWhen Yong Teck Lee says that SAPP is fighting for native rights, he is simply lying. When he was the chief minister [1996–1998], lands allocated to natives were actually ‘stolen’ and given to public-listed companies.
Agree 100%, Yong Teck Lee needs to explain the allocation of natives land to public listed companies!
DeleteWE ARE ALSO DEMAND AN EXPLANATION FROM EX-CHIEF MINISTER YONG TECK LEE ABOUT THIS;
ReplyDeleteA good example is the Tongod Region where not less than 20,000 acres of land earlier set aside for native socio-economic projects, under the ‘Tongod Regional Planning Study’, mooted during the Berjaya era, were given away to a public-listed company. This is blatant Daylight Robbery!!
Yong Teck Lee also stole the natives lands and give to public listed companies, but now he blames the BN leaders.
DeleteWe all know that YTL is a hypocrite. We witness from our own eyes to know very well how he manage the state. Sabah was not in good hands when YTL was the cm.
DeleteWE ARE ALSO DEMAND AN EXPLANATION FROM EX-CHIEF MINISTER YONG TECK LEE ABOUT THIS;
ReplyDeleteThe BN government under Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Haji Aman is now trying to make the situation goof for the victims. Before long, once the paperwork and legal applications have been completed, the people in Tongod will be issued with Communal Titles.
The government is planning to give out communal titles to help the local natives protect their land rights. But SAPP only know how to criticize.
DeleteHaving known the government planning to give out communal titles made SAPP feel defeated. Im not surprise at all that SAPP would immediately give negative response to this plan.
DeleteWE ARE ALSO DEMAND AN EXPLANATION FROM EX-CHIEF MINISTER YONG TECK LEE ABOUT THIS;
ReplyDeleteDuring the tenure of Yong Teck Lee in as little as 2 years, he approved some 265 logging licences covering over 300,000 ha (an area 5 times larger than the island of Singapore). These licences were given to cronies, associates, non-Sabahans included, and is clearly an act of gross irresponsibility at the expense of environmental conservation, sustainability and public interest.
Last time Yong Teck Lee has squandered all Sabah's forests and natives land, now he still tries to act the hero.
DeleteHistory will repeat itself if YTL becomes the CM once again.
DeleteWE ARE ALSO DEMAND AN EXPLANATION FROM EX-CHIEF MINISTER YONG TECK LEE ABOUT THIS;
ReplyDeleteThe delegation of authority to approve logging areas given by Cabinet to Datuk Yong Teck Lee as CM, was well and truly taken advantage of and abused by Yong to reward his friends, cronies and supporters.
Can you imagine what will happen if SAPP were to come back into power?
I don't want to imagine, because SAPP will NEVER come back into power!
DeleteNot only so, he also like to act the hero and never admit his mistakes.
DeleteHe also likes to blame others to cover his own mistakes during his term as CM.
DeleteYTL adalah liabiliti untuk SAPP.
DeleteNo doubt about that. YTL is indeed a liability to SAPP. SAPP is better off without YTL.
DeleteWHILE YONG DID MANY DISTRUCTIVE THINGS TO THIS STATE, MUSA HAS DONE A WONDERFUL JOB AND TRYING TO MAKE THE SITUATION GOOD FOR THIS STATE AND ITS PEOPLE
ReplyDeleteMUSA 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.
And yet Yong always tries to criticize Musa Aman, Pairin Kitingan and Yee Moh Chai.
DeleteThe government has always been trying to improve Sabah, but the opposition only wants to discredit them.
DeleteKerajaan sentiasa mengutamakan rakyat dan perkembangan yang membawa perubahan dari segi cara kehidupan.
DeleteTHe government has always ensure that the people welfare are well taken of. Not only the people, even the forest are also well protected.
DeleteWHILE YONG DID MANY DISTRUCTIVE THINGS TO THIS STATE, MUSA HAS DONE A WONDERFUL JOB AND TRYING TO MAKE THE SITUATION GOOD FOR THIS STATE AND ITS PEOPLE
ReplyDeleteThis “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.
If left to Yong, the forest would already have been squandered.
DeleteWHILE YONG DID MANY DISTRUCTIVE THINGS TO THIS STATE, MUSA HAS DONE A WONDERFUL JOB AND TRYING TO MAKE THE SITUATION GOOD FOR THIS STATE AND ITS PEOPLE
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.
Maliau Basin to Danum Valley represented the government's effort to protect our forest and improve conservation efforts.
DeleteEven when Prince William and Duchess Kate came to Sabah, they have praised the conservation efforts in Danum.
DeleteNothing good come out from YTL tenure as the cm few years back. Sabah is better off in the hands of Musa Aman leadership.
DeleteWHILE YONG DID MANY DISTRUCTIVE THINGS TO THIS STATE, MUSA HAS DONE A WONDERFUL JOB AND TRYING TO MAKE THE SITUATION GOOD FOR THIS STATE AND ITS PEOPLE
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.
WHILE YONG DID MANY DISTRUCTIVE THINGS TO THIS STATE, MUSA HAS DONE A WONDERFUL JOB AND TRYING TO MAKE THE SITUATION GOOD FOR THIS STATE AND ITS PEOPLE
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.
WHILE YONG DID MANY DISTRUCTIVE THINGS TO THIS STATE, MUSA HAS DONE A WONDERFUL JOB AND TRYING TO MAKE THE SITUATION GOOD FOR THIS STATE AND ITS PEOPLE
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 Consistency reduces dependency on timber revenue
ReplyDeleteCynicism often creates blind spots which distort vision. Of late Sabah political scenario seems to be hugely afflicted by this malady which is going undiagnosed. Heart-warming developments emerging from various parts of Sabah are being clouded by the dust of allegations of corruption and malfeasance of gargantuan proportions in governance.
It was reported widely that Switzerland’s Attorney General has opened a criminal investigation into the country’s largest bank, UBS AG, over suspected money laundering of about S$38 trillion which includes US90 million of timber corruption proceeds from Sabah. The case against UBS was opened on August 29, following a criminal complaint by the Bruno Manser Fund over the bank’s close ties with Sabah Chief Minister Musa Aman. The existence of the investigation was confirmed on August 29 by the Office of the Attorney General in the Swiss capital, Bern.
Musa Aman’s Consistency reduces dependency on timber revenue
ReplyDeleteThe Bruno Manser Fund accuses “Musa Aman and his nominees” of laundering more than US$90 million of corruption proceeds from the tropical timber business in Sabah, Borneo, through a number of UBS bank accounts in Hong Kong. The Bruno Manser Fund alleges that Musa Aman “has personally benefited from the large-scale logging” of these rainforests near the Danum Valley. The Swiss government reportedly said that it was ready to freeze Musa’s accounts in Switzerland if the Malaysian authority made a request for legal assistance.
These allegations however sounds very Dan Brown, singling in on the conspiracy theories.
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ReplyDeleteOne such positive development comes from this whole accusation. Sabah Forestry Department director Sam Manan is an internationally celebrated forest scientist. In his current assignment as adviser on forestry to Sabah chief minister Musa Aman, Sam has been focusing on good forest practices in the state. And he has an interesting story to tell. Despite being hit by accusations of rampant illegal logging of its forest, the state is all set to post an increase of about 20 percent of Sabah’s total land area under the totally protected area (TPAS) reserves reaching 1.3 million hectares exceeding even the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) standard of 10%. By all yardsticks, this is not only unprecedented but phenomenal too.
How has this miracle become possible? Sam explains it very succinctly, “Perseverance and desire at the top.” Musa Aman has been consistent in his approach to reduce the dependence on timber revenue soon than later, ever since taking over the state as chief minister in 2003 and this was his agenda. The forest revenue is about RM150 million a year today as opposed to RM500 million to RM1 billion in the past. His objective is simple: to ensure that the forests are given a chance to recover.
Barisan Nasional Sabah is confident that it could retain power despite constant efforts from local and peninsular-based opposition to snatch it during the 13th general election, said Kota Belud lawmaker Datuk Abdul Rahman Dahalan.
ReplyDeleteDismissing claims that Sabah is currently considered a ‘black’ area for BN, Abdul Rahman, who is also the state liaison secretary, pointed out that Sabahans still have faith in the ruling government to manage the state
ReplyDelete“We are still very strong…Sabahans are able to see our track records from the first day we ruled the state,” he told The Mole, adding that trust will be the crucial key to ensure the Opposition won’t be able to lay a hand on the state.
ReplyDeleteMusa Aman’s Consistency reduces dependency on timber revenue
ReplyDeleteAnd according to Sam, the money Bruno Manser Fund is alleging about is a US$90 million “nest egg” purportedly derived from widescale illegal logging activities in Sabah. This amount of US$90 million , if indeed true, would mean that not less that one million m3 of timber have been illegally felled. That represents plundering of at least 20,000 hectres (50,000 acres) of well-stocked forest. This scale of logging would then represent 50% of the timber produced from natural forest in 2011 or about 30% of Sabah’s timber production in 2010.
Sounds rather ridiculous and far fetched this whole US90 million story.
Brushing aside the allegation that Umno is not wanted by Sabahans because it is a peninsular-based political party, Abdul Rahman pointed out that local Umno membership numbers, which amounted to half a million, showed the party is well accepted by the people.
ReplyDelete“The party did not come to Sabah by force… or somehow, as alleged by a few parties, tried to colonise the Sabahans. Umno came here to reunite the leaders since the previous formula just did not work.
ReplyDelete“So, the party came here since it was requested by the locals. And within a short period, Umno has managed to attract nearly half a million to be its members,” he said.
ReplyDeleteDuring 2008, when BN was denied its two-thirds majority in Parliament, BN Sabah still managed to hold power after they won 59 out of 60 state seats contested and 25 out of 25 Parliament seats contested.
ReplyDeletePencapaian BN adalah hasil usaha semua lapisan dan parti komponen. Usaha ini harus diteruskan.
DeleteIn the BN coalition, Umno was the biggest winner when they won all 32 state seats while the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) won three seats, the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) and Parti Bersatu Rakyat Sabah (PBRS) won one seat each, Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) took 12 seats, United Pasokmomogun Kadazandusun Murut Organisation (Upko) won six seats and Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) took four seats.
ReplyDeleteMusa Aman’s Consistency reduces dependency on timber revenue
ReplyDeleteIf anything, a badly logged well-stocked forest of 20,000ha would have been easily detected by satellites and attracted the attention of NGOs, environmentalists and the communities living nearby. Besides, the enormity of the alleged extent of illegal felling [1 million m3] could not have escaped the attention of the world. So, no way could such acts be committed and passed without notice. Also, if 50% of the annual production of timber from Sabah was alleged to be illegal, world markets especially sensitive ones like Europe, North America and Japan would have long ago stopped buying timber from Sabah. This enormous economic and financial implication would have been so harmful to the state as a whole and the state budget could have gone topsy-turvy.
According to observers, peninsular-based parties PKR and DAP are trying hard to make their way into Sabah and influencing local political parties to join the coalition.
ReplyDeleteThe local political scene was rocked a few months back after two senior BN leaders – Beaufort MP Datuk Seri Lajim Ukin and Tuaran MP Datuk Seri Wilfred Mojilip Bumburing -- left the coalition and started their own Pakatan-friendly organisations.
ReplyDeleteHowever, it seemed like the cooperation did not go well after rumours that Lajim wanted more to fulfil his political ambitions, including a position as deputy prime minister should Pakatan manage to capture Putrajaya.
ReplyDeleteMusa Aman’s Consistency reduces dependency on timber revenue
ReplyDeleteMusa Aman worked overtime with the forestry to improve on good forest practices and continue to attract the attention of certifying bodies and NGOs, who want to be partners and to assist Sabah in obtaining veritable and certifiable good governance. Under his leadership, SFM [sustainable forest management] had improved by leaps and bounds. Short-term licences that caused tremendous damage to the environment were being drastically phased out and Sabah’s forest management credibility is now at its highest.Sabah now has an open-book philosophy whereby, logging and forest management areas are all open to third party and NGO scrutiny. Currently at least 800,000ha of Sabah’s forests are partially or fully certified under various internationally recognised system such as FSC (Forest Stewardship Council), MTCS (Malaysian Timber Certification Scheme) and PEFC (Pan European Forest Scheme). This included the 250,000ha of fully certified and 150,000ha of partially certified forest areas under the Sabah Foundation.
SAPP president and ex Sabah CM Datuk Yong Teck Lee also indicated that things may not be going too well with its alliance with the Opposition.
ReplyDeleteMusa Aman’s Consistency reduces dependency on timber revenue
ReplyDeleteIn fact, many more forest areas are being earmarked for certification as Sabah has set 2014 as the year for all long-term licensed areas to be fully certified.The process of certification means independent third party is on the ground auditing to assess credibility. Musa has created model forest centre and ensured that the forest in Sabah will never be “raped” like in the past by unscrupulous people. At the same time, there has been a consistent effort to educate everyone involve in the timber industry about good forest practices without disturbing the forest.This endeavor, carried out silently, is about to bear fruits now, an indication that Sabah’s forest are well run. And the spill-over effect is evident by the wildlife corridor linking Maliau Basin, Imbak Canyon to Danum/Ulu Segama and the re-classification of Ulu Segama (130,000ha) to total protected status.
He was quoted as saying that it has always been SAPP's 'principle' that a local-based party should take the majority in state seats, something which until now jeopardises chances of the Opposition parties working together.
ReplyDeleteThis, according to Abdul Rahman, is something that people should analyse carefully since the Opposition is only interested in sweeping BN out from the state, without considering what people really want.
ReplyDeleteMusa Aman’s Consistency reduces dependency on timber revenue
ReplyDeleteAs The Duke of Cambridge Prince William and Lady Catherine Middleton prepares for a visit to Danum Valley on the 15th of September, a testament to their longstanding interest in conservation, we should perhaps see this as an indication that the rumours of deforestation and illegal logging is not true. Why would Musa allow the Royal couple into Sabah if the home to some of the last remaining areas of tropical rainforest in South East Asia were indeed in dire straits?
"For BN, we will stick with the succesfull formula that we had used previously. We know what is best for the people and...that BN is the only entity that can take care of their welfare," he said.
ReplyDeleteAsked if there is anything that BN could offer in the upcoming election's manifesto, Abdul Rahman said: "There are going to be new areas of growth, we believe that the industries of tourism and agriculture will boom this year and we are on the right track."
ReplyDelete"Also take note that 2013 will be quite a challenging year due to the Eurozone crisis and the fiscal cliff that US is dealing with right now. All these will be affecting our country and I believe the people wants to be under BN, which has a proven track record, to ensure Malaysia will keep on being a sucessfull country," he said. S
ReplyDeleteMusa Aman’s Consistency reduces dependency on timber revenue
ReplyDeleteIn fact, Sabah has been uniquely placed in Malaysia’s context. Given its good forest practices, pressure on forest is intense. Timber revenue was a major source of livelihood in absence of industrialisation. Perhaps Sabah stands out as a paradox in the Malaysia Shining story. Still the state has been consistently growing at the rate of over 8 percent, one of the highest in the country. There is no doubt that much of this growth comes from the state spending on social welfare schemes and building up of infrastructure.
Musa Aman’s Consistency reduces dependency on timber revenue
ReplyDeleteBy economic standards, Sabah virtually offers an inverted model of growth inconsistent with the overall growth narrative. Musa aman has been making all-out efforts to inject buoyancy in rural market by improving agriculture and tourism. Perhaps he seems to be aware of his handicap that the timber from the forest is getting too scarce and priced to be given for industrial growth. That is why he has been insisting on reducing the dependence on timber to save the forest for future generations. Similarly he turns to be an environmentalist when it comes to allotment of mining rights in and around Maliau Basin. Sabah is firm that no mining activities should take place in first class forest reserves and protected areas such as the Maliau Basin in the south central part of the state. “No mining can be allowed in Maliau Basin,” he told Datuk Lim Keng Yaik when requested him to open coal mining to give fillip to growth. And then the Sabah government’s decision to bar any development on the seafront totalling 1,555ha from Tanjung Aru to Likas Bay through the Land Ordinance (Amendment) 2012 Bill, approved by the state assembly in July 2012, was a significant and bold move, and motivated by the need to protect the marine ecosystem.
Musa Aman’s Consistency reduces dependency on timber revenue
ReplyDeleteOn the face of it, Sabah appears to be posting a growth which is not sustainable if one believes in prescriptions of neoliberal economists. But there are enough straws in the wind to suggest that Sabah is on the cusp of defying this theory and evolve a new model which may be far more inclusive and environment-friendly than the existing models. If Musa Aman’s growth story proves to be true, this innovative model is bound to fuel an intense political and economic debate in the country.
Musa Aman’s Consistency reduces dependency on timber revenue
ReplyDeleteSo the allegations are therefore baseless and made with bad intention to discredit the sacrifices made by Musa Aman’s state government to achieve good forest governance and SFM [sustainable forest management] in the shortest time possible, despite the economic financial and social challenges.
Regazettement of previously logged forest (secondary forest) into Class I Protection Forest Reserve by the state forestry department recently, has swung in favour of the orang utans living within totally protected areas (TPA) in Sabah.
ReplyDeleteHutan–Kinabatangan Orang Utan Conservation Programme (Hutan-KOCP) co-director Dr Marc Ancrenaz said the state government had shown its commitment to conservation by increasing the number of protected forests in Sabah
ReplyDeleteseven years after the results of Sabah』s first statewide orang utan census was published, the percentage of orang utans living within TPA had increased from 38 per cent to 60 per cent, due to the additions
ReplyDeleteThree Sabah-based non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have expressed their support for the move by the Sabah Forest Department to re-gazette 183,000 hectares of heavily logged Class 2 Commercial Forest into Class 1 Protection Forest, which makes it a protected area.
ReplyDeletethe Department had decided to convert the Ulu Segama Forest Reserve and the northern part of Gunung Rara Forest Reserve to a protected area
ReplyDeletenationally and regionally, Sabah was emerging as a leader in pushing the boundaries in management of natural ecosystem services, and for treating forests as stores of water, carbon and biodiversity rather than just as timber sources
ReplyDeleteSabah had very serious deforestation, back in the 1970s and 1980s and at some point this became totally impossible to control. the government then decided to put a stop to this policy of nearly unchecked logging, without regard to the future. So clearly, there has been a consistent policy ever since.
ReplyDeleteMannan also appealed for their support in financing an information management system for the independent Reduced Impact Logging (RIL) auditing.
ReplyDeleteSabah has established some 226,000ha of forest plantations, of which about 55% are culivated with high-value commercial species.
ReplyDeleteSabah Forest Department Sustainable Forest Management division head Jeflus S. Sinajin said Bornion Timber Sdn Bhd had planted 9,770ha of high-value species, followed by Sapulut Forest Development Sdn Bhd (6,740ha), Timberwell Bhd (3,476ha), TSH Resources Sdn Bhd (2,778ha) and KTS Plantation Sdn Bhd (2,198ha) up to December last year.
DeleteHe said state-owned Sabah Forest Industies Sdn Bhd, which commenced extensive tree plantation projects 30 years ago, took the lead with total plantation areas covering more than 45,400ha.
DeleteSinajin: ‘There are 20 players implementing industrial tree plantations in Sabah.
The company is involved in the cultivation of fast-growing species like acacia mangium.
Delete“Currently, there are 20 players implementing industrial tree plantations in Sabah,” he said when presenting his paper on Sabah Experience In Forest Plantation at Sarawak Timber Industry Development Corp's industry update.
“Currently, there are 20 players implementing industrial tree plantations in Sabah,” he said when presenting his paper on Sabah Experience In Forest Plantation at Sarawak Timber Industry Development Corp's industry update.
DeleteSinajin said Sabah Softwoods Bhd was the pioneer in commercial industrial tree plantation which started with the cultivation of 60,000ha in 1974.
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ReplyDeleteDi mana-mana sahaja kita boleh melihat pembangunan yang dibawa oleh kerajaan BN. Saya yakin rakyat Sabah atau penjawat awam matang dan tahu menilai prestasi kerajaan BN yang telah banyak membawa pembangunan dan menolong rakyat dalam semua aspek tanpa mengira agama, bangsa dan keturunan - Musa Aman
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ReplyDeleteManakala, untuk pengurusan dan proses bajet negeri yang teratur dan mematuhi peraturan, Moody International pada tahun 2012 ini telah sekali lagi memberikan pensijilan MS-ISO 9001:2008 yang mana ini merupakan pencapaian cemerlang selama 4 tahun berturut-turut. - Musa Aman
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ReplyDeleteDalam laporan terkini untuk tahun 2011, Ketua Audit Negara telah menganugerahkan ulasan "sangat baik" hanya kepada sebuah negeri iaitu Sarawak. Sementara itu, Sabah pula terus mengekalkan status kedua terbaik iaitu "baik" dari tahun-tahun sebelum ini.
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ReplyDeleteAkaun-akaun dana disatukan untuk 2011 bagi kerajaan-kerajaan negeri Sabah dan Sarawak adalah yang paling tinggi dalam kalangan negeri-negeri, iaitu RM18.5 bilion untuk Sarawak dan RM2.66 bilion untuk Sabah. Selangor jatuh di tempat ketiga dengan RM1.94 bilion sementara Pulau Pinang pula pada tempat keempat dengan RM1.13 bilion.
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ReplyDeleteini termasuk kejayaan kerajaan negeri mengurus kewangan dengan baik seperti yang terkandung dalam Laporan Perbendaharaan Negara (AG) selain berjaya mendapat anugerah Clean Bill selama beberapa tahun berturut-turut. - Musa Aman
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ReplyDeleteDengan mengambilkira kekayaan khazanah alam Sabah serta kedudukan fiskal negeri yang mantap serta kapasiti untuk melaras kutipan hasil negeri, RAM Rating Services Berhad sekali lagi telah memberikan penarafan “AAA” ( Triple A ) kepada negeri Sabah untuk 4 tahun berturut-turut. - Musa Aman
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ReplyDeleteSekiranya kita melihat kepada statistik pendapatan negeri untuk tahun 2011, Sarawak menduduki tempat pertama dengan RM6.6 bilion, diikuti oleh Sabah pada tempat kedua dengan RM4.4 bilion, Selangor di tempat keempat dengan RM1.6 bilion dan Pulaiu Pinang di tempat ketujuh dengan RM602 juta.
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ReplyDeleteUntuk tempoh lima bulan pertama pada tahun ini, eksport negeri terus berkembang pada kadar 7.2 peratus dengan nilai mencecah RM20.7 bilion, manakala import pula telah meningkat pada kadar 30 peratus dengan jumlah mencecah RM16 bilion. Pertumbuhan tinggi tersebut mencerminkan pelaburan besar oleh sektor swasta iaitu sebanyak RM10 bilion pada suku tahun pertama tahun ini yang mana ianya juga merupakan pelaburan swasta yang tertinggi di Malaysia.
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ReplyDeletedengan kedudukan kewangan yang kukuh, kerajaan negeri mampu membelanjakan berbilion ringgit bagi pelbagai projek pembangunan di negeri ini, dan tahun ini sahaja, kerajaan negeri menyediakan bajet tahunan melebihi RM4 bilion. - Musa Aman
PEMBANGKANG TIDAK MAMPU MENYERANG MUSA AMAN DARI SEGI KECEKAPAN PENTADBIRAN, MAKA TERPAKSALAH MEREKA BERMAIN DENGAN PERSEPSI
SABAH BENAR-BENAR SEDANG MELANGKAH KEHADAPAN DIBAWAH PENTADBIRAN DATUK MUSA AMAN
ReplyDeleteKita beri bonus dan kenaikan gaji kepada penjawat awam kerana kerajaan ada cukup kewangan untuk bayar gaji dan bonus kepada kakitangan awam. Bayangkan, kerajaan negeri Sabah membelanjakan sekitar RM700 juta setahun untuk bayar gaji kakitangan awam negeri. - Musa Aman
PEMBANGKANG TIDAK MAMPU MENYERANG MUSA AMAN DARI SEGI KECEKAPAN PENTADBIRAN, MAKA TERPAKSALAH MEREKA BERMAIN DENGAN PERSEPSI
SABAH BENAR-BENAR SEDANG MELANGKAH KEHADAPAN DIBAWAH PENTADBIRAN DATUK MUSA AMAN
ReplyDelete“Kita ada bajet besar dan peruntukan pun besar untuk pembangunan di negeri ini termasuk pembangunan infrastruktur seperti membina jalan raya dan membaiki kerosakan jalan akibat tanah runtuh,” - Musa Aman
PEMBANGKANG TIDAK MAMPU MENYERANG MUSA AMAN DARI SEGI KECEKAPAN PENTADBIRAN, MAKA TERPAKSALAH MEREKA BERMAIN DENGAN PERSEPSI
SABAH BENAR-BENAR SEDANG MELANGKAH KEHADAPAN DIBAWAH PENTADBIRAN DATUK MUSA AMAN
ReplyDeletekestabilan politik dan iklim pelaburan yang kondusif turut menyumbang kepada pembangunan ekonomi di negeri termasuk sektor pelancongan. - Musa Aman
PEMBANGKANG TIDAK MAMPU MENYERANG MUSA AMAN DARI SEGI KECEKAPAN PENTADBIRAN, MAKA TERPAKSALAH MEREKA BERMAIN DENGAN PERSEPSI
SABAH BENAR-BENAR SEDANG MELANGKAH KEHADAPAN DIBAWAH PENTADBIRAN DATUK MUSA AMAN
ReplyDelete“Dengan promosi agresif mengikut acuan kita sendiri, kita berjaya menarik lebih ramai pelancong untuk berkunjung ke negeri ini. Begitu juga dengan pelaburan, banyak pelabur dari luar negara termasuk dari Amerika Syarikat dan Brunei yang berminat melabur di negeri ini,” - Musa Aman
PEMBANGKANG TIDAK MAMPU MENYERANG MUSA AMAN DARI SEGI KECEKAPAN PENTADBIRAN, MAKA TERPAKSALAH MEREKA BERMAIN DENGAN PERSEPSI
SABAH BENAR-BENAR SEDANG MELANGKAH KEHADAPAN DIBAWAH PENTADBIRAN DATUK MUSA AMAN
ReplyDeleteMusa juga mempertahankan dasar tanah kerajaan negeri yang memperkenalkan hak milik berkelompok (communal title) kepada penduduk kampung yang layak demi masa depan mereka yang lebih terjamin.
PEMBANGKANG TIDAK MAMPU MENYERANG MUSA AMAN DARI SEGI KECEKAPAN PENTADBIRAN, MAKA TERPAKSALAH MEREKA BERMAIN DENGAN PERSEPSI
SABAH BENAR-BENAR SEDANG MELANGKAH KEHADAPAN DIBAWAH PENTADBIRAN DATUK MUSA AMAN
ReplyDeletedasar perhutanan dan pemeliharaan alam sekitar negeri ini dikagumi oleh negara luar yang menyaksikan pasangan diraja Britain (Putera William dan Kate Middleton) melawat Hutan Simpan di Lembah Danum baru-baru ini. - Musa Aman
PEMBANGKANG TIDAK MAMPU MENYERANG MUSA AMAN DARI SEGI KECEKAPAN PENTADBIRAN, MAKA TERPAKSALAH MEREKA BERMAIN DENGAN PERSEPSI
tuduhan telah dibuat bahawa penebangan balak secara haram yang berskala besar dan berleluasa sedang berlaku di Sabah, yang mana hasilnya didakwa dilaburkan secara haram ke luar negara; seperti yang dilaporkan secara meluas dalam blog-blog dan yang amat mengejutkan
ReplyDeleteangka bernilai USD $90 juta telah disebutkan sebagai 'Nest Egg' (Wang Simpanan Untuk Kegunaan Masa Hadapan) atau hampir RM300,000,000.
ReplyDeleteia mengambarkan yang tidak kurang 1 juta m3 balak telah ditebang secara haram. Ia seperti merompak tidak kurang dari 20,000 hektar (50,000 ekar) bekalan hutan yang kaya dengan kayu kayan.
ReplyDeleteSkala pembalakan ini, jika benar akan mewakili 50% daripada balak yang dihasilkan daripada hutan semulajadi dalam tahun 2011 atau sebanyak 30% daripada pengeluaran balak di Sabah pada tahun 2012.
ReplyDeleteJabatan Perhutanan mengakui bahawa penebangan secara haram berlaku di Sabah tetapi tidak mungkin menghampiri skala dan tahap sebagaimana yang didakwa.
ReplyDeleteTuduhan-tuduhan ini adalah tidak berasas dan dibuat dengan niat tidak baik (Mala- Fide) untuk merosakkan nama dan meremehkan usaha dan pengorbanan yang telah dibuat oleh kerajaan negeri Sabah.
ReplyDeletepelbagai usaha dan pengorbanan yang telah dibuat oleh kerajaan negeri Sabah terutama bagi mencapai tadbir urus hutan yang baik dan Pengurusan Hutan Mapan (SFM) dalam jangka masa yang sesingkat mungkin; walaupun dengan pelbagai cabaran kewangan, ekonomi dan sosial.
ReplyDeleteterdapat fakta-fakta untuk menyangkal tuduhan liar dan berniat jahat ini adalah seperti berikut :
ReplyDelete01). Tuduhan pembalakan haram (1 juta m3) yang seluas ini tidak mungkin terlepas daripada perhatian dunia secara umumnya.
DeleteSuatu kawasan hutan yang kaya seluas 20,000 hektar yang telah dibalak dengan teruk secara haram akan dengan mudahnya dikesan melalui satelit-satelit dan menarik perhatian para NGO, pakar-pakar alam sekitar dan komuniti yang tinggal berhampiran.
DeleteTidak mungkin langsung kemungkinan yang membolehkan perbuatan tersebut dilakukan dan diluluskan tanpa disedari. Melainkan dan sehingga bukti kukuh dapat ditunjukkan, tuduhan-tuduhan tersebut adalah tidak berasas dan tidak benar.
Delete02). Jika 50% pengeluaran tahunan balak dari Sabah didakwa dibuat secara haram, pasaran-pasaran dunia terutamanya yang peka seperti Eropah, Amerika Utara dan Jepun sepatutnya telah lama berhenti daripada membeli balak dari Sabah dan implikasi-implikasi ekonomi dan kewangan yang besar sepatutnya telah memberi kesan teruk kepada negeri secara keseluruhannya.
ReplyDeleteIni tidak terjadi kerana pembalakan haram pada skala besar seperti yang didakwa tidak pernah berlaku.
Delete03). Lesen-lesen jangka panjang Sabah telah tertakluk kepada pengauditan pihak ketiga (audit bebas) sejak tahun 2010, di bawah Malaysia-EC TLAS (Program Jaminan Balak Disahkan).
ReplyDeletejuruaudit Bebas sepatutnya telah mengesan penebangan haram pada skala seumpama itu.
DeleteSebaliknya, Sabah sentiasa telus dan membiarkan pengurus hutannya terbuka kepada penelitian umum dan pihak Juruaudit ketiga bagi mencapai kredibiliti yang diiktiraf dunia.
Delete04). RIL (Impak Pembalakan Dikurangkan) telah diperkenalkan dalam tahun 2009 dengan pelaksanaan penuh dalam tahun 2010, sekali lagi disahkan secara bebas oleh Juruaudit pihak ketiga.
ReplyDeleteSehubungan itu tuduhan penebangan haram yang berleluasa (20,000 hektar sekurang-kurangnya) amat mustahil terlepas daripada perhatian Juraudit antarabangsa yang memang terkenal.
Delete05). Sekurang-kurangnya 800,000 hektar hutan-hutan Sabah adalah separa atau sepenuhnya dipersijilkan di bawah pelbagai sistem yang diiktiraf di peringkat antarabangsa (Majlis Pengawasan Hutan atau FSC, MTCS – Skim Pengiktirafan Balak Malaysia), PEFC – Skim Perhutanan Pan-European).
ReplyDeleteIni juga meliputi hutan di bawah Yayasan Sabah dengan sekurang-kurangnya 250,000 hektar bagi persijilan penuh dan 150,000 hektar hutan pensijilan separa.
DeleteLebih banyak kawasan hutan sedang dikenalpasti untuk persijilan dan Sabah mensasarkan tahun 2014 sebagai tahun bagi kawasan-kawasan berlesen jangka panjang mendapat pensijilan sepenuhnya.
DeleteProses pensijilan ini bermakna pihak ketiga bebas dalam mengaudit di peringkat akar umbi untuk mengakses kredibiliti.
DeleteJika pertuduhan sedemikian benar, kenapa Sabah terus dapat menarik perhatian badan-badan persijilan dan NGO, yang ingin menjadi rakan kongsi kerajaan dan membantu kita dalam mendapatkan tadbir urus yang boleh disahkan dan dipersijilkan?
Delete06). Seluruh dunia telah mengetahui yang Sabah adalah wilayah tropika pertama di seluruh dunia yang mempunyai satu kawasan hutan hujan yang diiktiraf di bawah Piawaian Emas bagi FSC dalam 1997. Contohnya Hutan Simpan Dermakot. Ini adalah satu kawasan contoh bukan sahaja untuk Malaysia tetapi dunia tropika.
ReplyDelete07). Wilayah-eko Ulu Segama–Malua di Sabah yang bersempadan dengan Lembah Danum, adalah juga merupakan lokasi kepada model GRASP dunia (Great Apes Succeed Project) dibawah UNESCO, dengan tidak kurang daripada 3,000 Orang Utan pada masa ini dilindungi di hutan yang diiktiraf FSC yang mana kerajaan negeri di bawah pimpinan Datuk Seri Musa Haji Aman, telah menghentikan sepenuhnya pembalakan pada 31.12.2007, selepas pengumuman dasar yang telah dibuat pada 15.3.2006.
ReplyDeleteKeputusan berani telah dibuat walaupun terdapat implikasi kewangan yang besar – kehilangan potensi hasil sekurang-kurangnya RM4 bilion. Kenapa perlu disimpan hutan-hutan hujan yang bernilai ini selamanya jika pentadbiran tidak jujur dalam menangani penebangan haram?
Delete08). Kawasan simpanan TPAS (Kawasan-Kawasan Dilindung Sepenuhnya) di Sabah pada masa sekarang mencapai 1.3 juta hektar atau 20% kawasan Sabah keseluruhannya, malah melebihi piawaian IUCN sebanyak 10%. Penambahan terkini adalah sebanyak 180,000 hektar – 55,000 hektar Koridor Hidupan Liar menghubungkan Maliau Basin, Imbak Canyon ke Danum/Ulu Segama dan pengklasifikasian semula Ulu Segama (130,000 hektar) ke status perlindungan sepenuhnya.
ReplyDeletePerlu dinyatakan di sini bahawa kepimpinan Ketua Menteri sekarang, Datuk Seri Musa Haji Aman, telah menunjukkan pengembangan terbesar dalam usaha peluasan TPAS dalam sejarah Sabah, di sebalik peluang konservasi.
Delete09). Di bawah kepimpinan beliau, SFM telah diperbaiki secara mendadak, lesen-lesen jangka pendek yang mengakibatkan kemusnahan besar kepada alam sekitar secara drastiknya telah diberhentikan dan kredibiliti pengurusan hutan Sabah adalah pada tahap tertinggi – menerusi falsafah keterbukaan di mana kawasan pengurusan perhutanan dan pembalakan adalah semuanya terbuka kepada penelitian pihak ketiga dan NGO.
ReplyDeleteKebaikan, keburukan dan kecacatan adalah didedahkan secara terbuka dengan niat memperbaiki piawaian dan amalan-amalan di peringkat dasar.
Delete10). Penurunan hasil hutan yang dirancang adalah satu strategi yang disengajakan untuk memastikan hutan-hutan diberikan peluang untuk pulih semula (sebanyak RM150 juta/ setahun pada masa sekarang berbanding kepada RM500 juta – RM1 billion di dalam hutan) dan bekalan ditingkatkan semula dalam tempoh 20 tahun kemudian dan ini akan memberi manfaat kepada generasi akan datang.
ReplyDeleteAdalah lebih mudah untuk mengambil pendekatan untuk mengaut hasil hutan semata-mata dan mengabaikan pemuliharaan terutamanya dalam tempoh masa yang singkat.
DeleteJika dasar sedemikian digunapakai hutan di negeri ini akan lupus di masa akan datang. Ini umumnya dikenali dalam ekonomi sebagai tragedi amalan biasa.
Delete11). Tuduhan-tuduhan yang liar dan tidak berasas sebenarnya mengakibatkan kemudaratan yang banyak kepada hutan hujan negeri Sabah dan bukan membantunya.
ReplyDeleteOrang awam yang mudah terpengaruh akan berhenti membeli balak (sumber utama bernilai kewangan dalam sesebuah hutan) dari Sabah, menjadikan hutan hujan dan usaha-usaha SFM tidak bermakna dan tidak mempunyai nilai ekonomi.
DeleteApabila hutan hujan tidak lagi mempunyai nilai ekonomi dan balak tidak boleh dijual, maka mereka akan terancam dengan penggunaan-penggunaan tanah alternatif.
DeleteJika SFM dan pemulihan tidak lagi bermakna dan membawa faedah kepada masyarakat, maka pastinya dasar-dasar digugurkan, walaupun kemajuan telah dicapai walaupun secara perit sepanjang tahun.
Delete12). Adalah diharapkan mereka yang telah melemparkan tuduhan-tuduhan tidak berasas menyedari betapa besarnya kesan memberi informasi yang salah kepada dunia dan dalam proses tersebut, mereka akan mempunyai kesan yang merosakkan usaha pemuliharaan secara keseluruhannya.
ReplyDelete13). Kita mempunyai alasan kukuh bahawa tuduhan-tuduhan tidak berasas ini bermotifkan politik dan bukannya didorong oleh perasaan sayang kepada alam sekitar. Ia memesongkan dengan motif mengagalkan segala usaha Sabah dan momentum pembaharuan pengurusan hutan.
DeleteOrang ramai seharusnya mengabaikan semua laporan-laporan yang berniat jahat dan membawa kebinasaan kepada Sabah.
ReplyDeleteSabah is a trail blazer in conservation efforts, not by chance, but by design; a deliberate policy direction.
ReplyDeleteSam Mannan said that efforts to achieve sustainable forest management (SFM) on Borneo need guts, plenty of guts and most of all political guts.
ReplyDelete“Populist policies make one popular for a little while, until the pot runs out. But enlightened conservation policies will bring long-term benefits and the prestige.”
ReplyDeleteHe said it must not be forgotten that if Sabah is heading in the right direction and is a trail blazer in conservation efforts, this is because of a deliberate policy direction, not by chance, but by design.
ReplyDeleteThe Forestry Director congratulated and thanked the Chief Minister and his Cabinet colleagues for having the foresight to choose the virtuous path to sustainability, as opposed to political expediency.
ReplyDeleteHe noted that Sabah initiated many programmes deliberately and with full measure in order to “set us apart from the big crowd”, adding that the state is too small to compete on size, quantity and quantum.
ReplyDelete“On the contrary”, he added, “We want to compete on the basis of good governance, to be an innovator, a trail blazer, creating a niche market for ourselves – the niche market of tropical timber and environmental services that sets the standards in tropical forest management.”
ReplyDeleteSabah mendapat RM5.7 bilion pelaburan tahun lalu, empat kali ganda lebih banyak pada 2008, dan walaupun berlaku kegawatan global.
ReplyDeleteJumlah ini hampir seperlima daripada RM32.6 bilion pelaburan yang diterima Malaysia dan meletakkan negeri di timur Malaysia ini sebagai tumpuan pelabur asing.
ReplyDeletepelaburan dalam perindustrian merangkumi sektor pembuatan galian bukan besi hinggalah kepada produk kimia, makanan, kertas dan kayu-kayan.
ReplyDeleteTimbalan Perdana Menteri Datuk Muhyiddin Yassin agak kagum dengan ketahanan ekonomi Sabah yang dijangka berkembang di antara 4 peratus dan 4.5 peratus tahun ini.
ReplyDeleteMuhyiddin berasa selesa membiarkan perkara berkaitan ekonomi selamat di tangan Ketua Menteri Sabah, Datuk Musa Aman yang bekerja tanpa mengenal penat untuk menjauhkan negeri ini daripada kesan kemelesetan ekonomi dunia.
ReplyDeleteDatuk Seri Panglima Musa Haji Aman, menggesa pegawai-pegawai kanan dan wakil sektor swasta di mesyuarat itu memastikan projek-projek pembangunan dirancang dan dijalankan dengan baik dan paling penting, mempunyai ciri-ciri alam sekitar baik menggabungkan elemen teknologi hijau.
ReplyDeleteDatuk Musa benar-benar mengutamakan pembangunan yang hijau. Memelihara kehijauan sebaya dengan pembangunan yang dilaksanakan.
ReplyDeleteketika tahap pembangunan negara boleh dinilai dari segi pembangunan fizikal, kemajuan negara juga diukur daripada cara ia menguruskan "kekayaan hijau" dan keindahan alam semula jadi negara.
ReplyDeleteMusa mengingatkan semua di sidang mesyuarat itu untuk prihatin terhadap kesan alam sekitar yang berlaku hasil daripada kerja-kerja pembangunan yang mereka jalankan dan menggesa mereka untuk terus bekerjasama untuk membangunkan negeri tanpa menjejaskan kesihatan dan kecantikan alam sekitar.
ReplyDeleteDatuk Musa percaya bahawa jika kita dapat mewujudkan bandar-bandar hijau di negeri ini dan pada masa yang sama memastikan pembangunan yang kita laksanakan mampan, kita akan ada persekitaran yang bersih, selamat dan harmoni.
ReplyDeleteKehijauan adalah keutamaan yang diberikan oleh Datuk Musa dalam pembangunan yang dilaksanakan.
ReplyDeleteBangunan menjadi tumpuan ketika dunia bergelut dengan isu perubahan iklim. Dan mengekalkannya hijau menjadi satu seruan kepada industri binaan.
ReplyDeleteSabah mengambil pendekatan untuk menerajui "pelancongan mapan" bagi membantu menghentikan suhu daripada terus meningkat.
ReplyDeleteKetua Menteri Datuk Musa Aman memberitahu 490 delegasi yang hadir Persidangan Pelancongan Dunia selama dua hari yang beliau menerajui pelancongan mapan untuk melindungi hutan, hidupan liar dan pulau-pulau sebab tempat inilah yang menarik kebanyakan daripada 2.3 juta pelancong untuk datang ke pulau Borneo yang kaya dengan sumber semulajadi ini.
ReplyDeletePelancongan eko adalah perniagaan pengembaraan yang paling pesat di dunia. Sabah memperolehi kira-kira RM4 bilion setahun daripadanya walaupun berlaku kemelesetan dunia, menjadikan ia pendapatan kedua paling besar selepas kelapa sawit.
ReplyDeleteMusa mendapat pujian daripada Royal Society Britain kerana memulihara kawasan luas hutan bagi mengurangi pengeluaran CO2.
ReplyDeletePakar iklim cuba mengekalkan purata pemanasan global dibawah 2oC. Selebih daripada angka itu boleh membawa kemudaratan, kata mereka.
ReplyDeleteTetapi inilah kali pertama bagi Sabah dan Musa terharu dengan maklum balas daripada mereka yang hadir. Jumlah peserta melebihi jangkaan Sabah. Ada tujuh menteri pelancongan daripada 185 peserta asing daripada 42 negara. Semuanya mahu mempelajari kejayaan Sabah di sidang itu yang bertemakan "kisah kejayaan dan kebangkitan bintang pelancongan."
ReplyDeleteSabah patut terus menjadi contoh kehijauan. Sehinggakan ingin dijadikan sebagai satu contoh untuk dunia.
ReplyDeleteMusa Aman mula kempen tanam pokok perangi pemanasan global. Itulah yang Datuk Musa lakukan.
ReplyDeleteNampak disini yang mana Datuk Musa benar-benar berjiwa alam sekitar yang tinggi.
ReplyDeleteIni kerana beliau bersungguh-sungguh untuk memastikan kehijauan dapat dipertahankan dan dikekalkan.
ReplyDeleteMemang kita dapat lihat sendiri yang mana Datuk Musa bukannya seorang yang suka memusnahkan alam sekitar begini saja tanpa ada sebab lain.
ReplyDeleteAmat rugi bagi beliau jika kerakusan terus bermaharajalela di Negeri Sabah ini. Kerana ini cuma akan mengurikan kita pada masa akan datang.
ReplyDeletePelbagai tuduhan diberikan kepda Datuk Musa kerana pembalakan haram yang diluluskan oleh beliau. Tidak pasti dari mana mereka mendapat semua infomasi tersebut.
ReplyDeleteKita tunggu saja pendedahan tersebut. Yang pasti sekali Datuk Musa adalah contoh Ketua Menteri yang baik selama ini.
ReplyDeleteRakyat dapat membezakan yang baik dan buruk.
DeleteBeliau mampu mempertahankan dan membuat pewartaan hutan simpan dengan lebih besar berbanding sebelumnya. Apa pun kita harap Datuk Musa akan meneruskan usaha yang baik tanpa memikirkan lagi apa tuduhan yang dilemparkan.
ReplyDeleteBiarlah YTL yang menjelaskan apakah tujuan memberi tanah native kepada listing company?
ReplyDeletePro Barisan Nasional Pakatan NGO said it has proof of those slandering Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman and is prepared to take legal action against them.
ReplyDeleteThe NGO, he said, recently commissioned about 300 people throughout Sabah to record conversations with those slandering him.
ReplyDeleteYayasan Sime Darby’s governing council member Caroline Russell tells Sarah NH Vogeler about its key conservation programmes for the year
ReplyDeleteSoutheast Asia has the highest approximate proportion of deforestation of any dominant tropical domain, and may deplete three quarters of its prime forests by 2100 and up to half of its biodiversity.
ReplyDeleteIt’s no wonder then that the environment will be diligently focused on by Yayasan Sime Darby or YSD, one of Malaysia’s leading foundations dedicated to conservation efforts.
ReplyDeleteEstablished in 1982, it is spearheaded by the former Chief Executive Officer of Sime Darby, Tunku Tan Sri Ahmad Tunku Yahaya.
ReplyDeleteUp till now, YSD has completed and still continues efforts on 13 projects with the total value funding of RM111.54 million to be disseminated over the next decade.
ReplyDeleteCaroline Russell, Sime Darby’s governing council member, says that all projects are closely supervised by the management team, and the foundation works closely with NGOs, universities and government agencies.
ReplyDeleteSome of YSD’s environment endeavours include the management and ecology of Malaysian elephants (MEME) a thorough programme which analyses and monitors the validness of translocating conflictive elephants from plantations and pocketed forests to patches of large woodlands to deal with issues related to human-elephant conflict (HEC).
ReplyDeleteHEC is a complicated and omnipresent predicament which transpires wherever people and elephants share the same dwellings, often “battling” for the same reserves.
ReplyDeleteYSD has tasked itself with the appraising effectiveness of current management policies, mounting long-term management strategies based on scientifically-sound data of elephant behaviour and ecology, structuring capacity within the Malaysian Department of Wildlife and National Parks (DWNP) and Malaysian literati circles to bring into being a new generation of wildlife researchers and managers of high competency, and to translocate 25 conflict elephants every year.
ReplyDeleteOver 70 per cent of YSD’s dedication in the environment pillar is converged towards the conservation of the Malaysian sun bear, orang utan, clouded leopard, Asian elephant, Malayan tiger, Banteng, (a species of wild cattle) Sumatran rhino, proboscis monkey (bekantan) and hornbill, known as YSD’s Big 9, a Herculean task but one YSD is determined to see through.
ReplyDeleteThe conservation of hornbills project in Belum-Temengor Forest Complex (BTFC) is a two-year initiative which targets to conserve and increase awareness on the globally threatened hornbills.
ReplyDeleteThe conservation of hornbills project in Belum-Temengor Forest Complex (BTFC) is a two-year initiative which targets to conserve and increase awareness on the globally threatened hornbills.
ReplyDeleteKey strategies include consolidating field achievements, increase field presence in Royal Belum State Perak, advancing and bettering engagements with key government stakeholders and native communities, and continue attracting schools and learning institutions, as well as the general public on hornbills protection.
ReplyDeleteConservation and management of endangered wild cattle, The Borneon Banteng Programme in Sabah is also on the agenda. It’s aimed at collecting first baseline data through intense research efforts, assessing conservation status and capacity building.
ReplyDeleteA Sumatran Rhino Crisis Summit themed “Last Chance to Act!” is slated for this April in Singapore. Russel elaborates: “This summit is intended to bring together under one roof, existing local experts and concerned citizens who have been involved with similarly endangered species in other parts of the world over the past several decades. It is a global effort to save rhinos from extinction.”
ReplyDeleteThrough ingenious captive breeding methods in North America for example, the New World vulture California condor was reintroduced to the wild beginning 1991, the crested Ibis, poised, long-legged wading birds once doomed to be immortalised on postcards now roam blissfully in China, also the red wolf, North American canids which now breed wildly in northeastern North Carolina since 1987.
ReplyDeleteYayasan Sime Darby’s preservation lineup also includes the conservation of Sunda clouded leopards, found in the Sundaic islands of Borneo and Sumatra. This project, held in collaboration with the Danau Girang Field Centre of Sabah Wildlife Department, aspires to advance ecological research and carnivore-specific conservation education.
ReplyDeleteUnder the SAFE (Stability of Altered Forest Ecosystems) banner, the Foundation’s 10-year study, an alliance with the South East Asia Rainforest Research Programme (SEARRP) has assembled a formidable interdisciplinary team of scientists to lead field research in Sabah’s Maliau Basin, investigate and record ecological and various environmental shifts which eventuate on the landscapes, a result of agricultural modification. SAFE is a fully-integrated research programme, and the world’s largest ecological experiment in terms of size and breadth of ecological processes.
ReplyDeleteThis conservation blueprint will affect considerable improvement to sustainable palm oil management and the conservation of biodiversity in agricultural landscapes.
ReplyDeleteRestoration and protection of orang utan habitat in northern Ulu Segama is the largest restoration project for orang utan in the world.
ReplyDeleteWorking closely together with Sime Darby Plantation Sustainability Department and the Sabah Forestry Department, YSD oversees the project with silviculture, regulating the establishment, evolvement, composition, health and conditions of forests, and protection of planted trees.
ReplyDeleteWorking closely together with Sime Darby Plantation Sustainability Department and the Sabah Forestry Department, YSD oversees the project with silviculture, regulating the establishment, evolvement, composition, health and conditions of forests, and protection of planted trees.
ReplyDeleteThis restoration programme spans an expansive 5,400 hectares of deforested land, and to date, 1,380 hectares has been successfully replanted.
ReplyDeleteThe Borneo Rhinoceros Sanctuary in the Tabin Wildlife Reserve (BRS) began in 2009, and runs through until 2015. It is now the permanent domicile of three rhinos — Tam, Puntung and Gelegob. The Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia- YSD Chair for Climate Change was created to assess and increase understanding on the impact of climate change in Malaysia, and to identify mitigation measures and adaptation strategies including possible policy changes.
ReplyDeleteMalaysia is one of the first Asean countries to establish national conservation legislations and develop cohesive strategies.
ReplyDeleteWith a protected area system spanning 12 per cent of its land area, there’s much ground to cover. The Federal Constitution gives ample leverage for Sabah and Sarawak in terms of jurisdiction, limiting federal interference, including matters concerning biodiversity.
ReplyDeleteThis has resulted in over 40 legislations encompassing acts, ordinances, enactments, flora and fauna management and conservation.
ReplyDeleteIt began with the Wildlife Commission of Malaya Legislation in 1932, followed by Wild Animals and Birds Protection 1955, Protection of Wildlife Act 1972 and Wildlife Conservation Act 2010.
ReplyDeleteAldo Leopold, famed ecologist/environmentalist emphatically stated that “One of the penalties of an ecological education is that one lives alone in a world of wounds.
ReplyDeleteThere are notable wildlife conservation projects around the globe, from Brown Bear Protection in Romania, Puma and Jaguar Conservation in South America, Seal Protection and Penguin Rehabilitation in South Africa to the 1995-established Disney Worldwide Conservation Fund, (DWCF) all with the singular goal of preserving and ultimately, saving life on Earth.
ReplyDeleteThere are notable wildlife conservation projects around the globe, from Brown Bear Protection in Romania, Puma and Jaguar Conservation in South America, Seal Protection and Penguin Rehabilitation in South Africa to the 1995-established Disney Worldwide Conservation Fund, (DWCF) all with the singular goal of preserving and ultimately, saving life on Earth.
ReplyDeleteMuch of the damage inflicted on land is quite invisible to laymen. An ecologist must either harden his shell or make believe that the consequences of science are none of his business, or he must be the doctor who sees the marks of death in a community that believes itself well and does not want to be told otherwise.”
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