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Defend the Losing Paradise (The Borneo Forest). By Ngumbang Anak Juat Student ID: 120021866. http://borneoproject.org/photo-gallery/indigenous-resistance. Why I Care?. Habitat Loss Prediction:. 1990 to 1997 = 5.8 ± 1.4 million hectares of humid tropical forest was lost each year
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Defend the Losing Paradise(The Borneo Forest) By NgumbangAnakJuat Student ID: 120021866 http://borneoproject.org/photo-gallery/indigenous-resistance
Habitat Loss Prediction: • 1990 to 1997 = 5.8 ± 1.4 million hectares of humid tropical forest was lost each year • 2.3 ± 0.7 million hectares of forest visibly degraded (Achard, F. et al. 2002).
Source: http://www.sarawakforestry.com/htm/snp-np.html Sarawak land area= 124,450 km² =12,445,000 hectare SARAWAK NATIONAL PARKS Source: http://www.sarawakforestry.com/htm/snp-np.html
Summary of Existing Totally Protected Areas (TPAs) 3.96% Source: http://www.sarawakforestry.com/htm/snp-np.html
The Threats: Oil Palm Plantation http://borneoproject.org/photo-gallery/rainforest-destruction
Acacia spp. Plantation http://borneoproject.org/photo-gallery/rainforest-destruction
Logging http://borneoproject.org/photo-gallery/rainforest-destruction
Hydro Electric Dam Construction http://borneoproject.org/photo-gallery/rainforest-destruction
Slash and Burn Farming Practices http://borneoproject.org/photo-gallery/rainforest-destruction
Impacts of Habitat Loss: http://bruntonal.travellerspoint.com/s11/ http://bruntonal.travellerspoint.com/s11/ http://www.theborneopost.com/2012/11/15/villagers-mystified-by-strange-animal/ Mathai, et.al (2010)
Loss of Ecological Services http://borneoproject.org/photo-gallery/rainforest-destruction
Creating the socioeconomic problems especially for forest-dependent communities http://borneoproject.org/photo-gallery/indigenous-resistance
http://borneoproject.org/photo-gallery/indigenous-resistance
Ecological Disaster (For example Rajang River Logjam, Oct. 6-9, 2010) http://hornbillunleashed.wordpress.com/2010/10/08/10352/
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/10/9/nation/7192940&sec=nationhttp://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/10/9/nation/7192940&sec=nation
Question please!! ngumbang@wcs-malaysia