Authors:
Jason Hon, Jayasilan Mohd-Azlan, Stephanie Alau Apui and Belinda Lip
Book:
Proceedings of the 15th International Peat Congress
Venue:
Kuching
Keywords:
conservation, planning, sarawak, sustainable-development
Documentfile:
ipc16p546-550a360hon.mohd-azlan.etal_.pdf
Summary:
SUMMARY
The peat swamp forests of Sarawak is largely misconstrued as ‗mosquito-infested wasteland‘, with less than 5% located inside protected areas. The loss of peat swamp forests is mainly associated with large scale agriculture development, notably for oil palm plantations, whereby Sarawak is regarded as the last frontier for expansion in Malaysia. The peat swamp forests in Sarawak are home to some of Borneo‘s rarest and unique flora and fauna, and play very important roles in ecosystem processes. In this paper, we present the conservation values of peat swamp…