ANNUAL REPORT 2017 Sabah Forestry Department Sabah Forestry Department The conference session was then continued with the concurrent sessions focusing on four (4) programme areas i.e. on (i) Protected $UHDV0DQDJHPHQW LL (FR7RXULVP'HYHORSPHQW LLL 6XVWDLQDEOH1DWXUDO5HVRXUFHV0DQDJHPHQWDQG LY &DSDFLW\%XLOGLQJ$ total of 36 papers were presented at the concurrent sessions. Concurrent Session , ± Protected $reas Management The session was facilitated by South East Asia Rainforest Research Partnership (SEARRP), and was held in two (2) sessions. The ¿UVWVHVVLRQZDVFKDLUHGE\'DWXN'U*OHQ5H\QROGV6($553DQGUHFHLYHG¿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¿HOG8. (L–R) Dr. Roberta Martin, Dr. Jedediah Brodie, Dr. Benoit Goossens, Dr. David Burslem and Mr. Miklin. (L–R) Ms. Eleanor, Dr. Luke Evans, Mdm. Anne Lasimbang, Ms. Sara Scriven, and Dr. Yeong (Left) Dr. Lee Ying Fah presented momento to Dr. Agnes Agama and (right) Datuk Dr. Glen Reynolds, Session Chairs for Session I. Concurrent Session ,, ± Eco-Tourism Development The session was chaired by Dr. Jamili Nais, Director of Sabah Parks. The session received nine (9) paper presentations by the IROORZLQJVSHDNHUV 0U$OEHUW7HR%RUQHR(FR7RXUV 0GP/\QHWWH56LOYHU7<.$GYHQWXUH7RXUV 0U/HH.LDQ)RK *UHHQ6SLGHU 3URI'U0RKG6KDKZDKLG+M2WKPDQ8QLYHUVLWL3XWUD0DOD\VLD 'U:DLGL6LQXQ%RUQHR5HIXJLD6GQ%KG 0U1HYLOOH<DS)RUHYHU6DEDK/($3 0U'MXDQLV0RJLURQJ6DEDK+RPHVWD\$VVRFLDWLRQ 0U0RKDPDG$EX%DNDU Sabah Forestry Department, and (9) Mr. Mark Louis Benedict, APE Malaysia. 188 Annual Report 2017 188 www.forest.sabah.gov.my (L–R) Mr. Albert Teo, Mdm. Lynette R. Silver, Mr. Lee Kian Foh, Dr. Mohd Shahwahid and Dr. Waidi Sinun. (L–R) Mr. Neville Yap, Mr. Djuanis Mogirong, Mr. Mohamad Abu Bakar and Mr. Mark Louis Benedict Dr. Jamili chairing the Session II. Concurrent Session ,,, ± Sustainable Natural 5esources Management The session held on the second day of the conference and was chaired by Dr. Rahimatsah Amat of Sabah Environmental Trust 6(7 (OHYHQ SDSHUSUHVHQWDWLRQVZHUHSUHVHQWHGLQWKLVVHVVLRQE\WKHIROORZLQJVSHDNHUV 'U5REHUW2QJ6DEDK)RUHVWU\ 'HSDUWPHQW 0V&\QWKLD2QJRI)RUHYHU6DEDK 3URI:LOOLDP)/DXUDQFH-DPHV&RRN8QLYHUVLW\$XVWUDOLD 0V.HUWLMDK Abdul Kadir, Nestle Manufacturing (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd.; (5) Dr. Petra Kretzschmer – Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research; 'U-HSKWH6RPSXG 0U&ROOLQ*RKIURP806DQG.763ODQWDWLRQ6GQ%KG5HVSHFWLYHO\ 'U']DHPDQ']XONLÀLRI7URSLFDO 5DLQIRUHVW&RQVHUYDWLRQDQG5HVHDUFK&HQWUH 75&5& 0V5RVLOD$QWKRQ\DQG0V1RUOLQD0RKG'LQIURP(85HGG3URMHFW (9) Mr. Jaime Gampawi, Sabah Forestry Department; (10) Mr. Christopher A. Matunjau, Sabah Forestry Department; and (11) Dr. Joseph Tangah, Sabah Forestry Department. (L–R) Dr. Robert Ong, Ms. Cynthia Ong, Prof. William F. Laurance, Ms. Kertijah Abdul Kadir and Dr. Petra Kretzschmer. 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A guide to the July 2016. Trees of the Amenity Forest Reserve (HQ), Sandakan. An e[panded and edited version. Sabah Forestry Department. V.S., Guanih, F.Y., Chong, J. Sang & R. Kiew (2017). Begonia 241 pp. species from Danum Valley Conservation areas, Sabah. Poster presented at the 5th International Conference on Sugau, J.B., J.T. Pereira, Suzana S. & Andi, A.M. (2016) Natural Resources in the Tropics (NRTrop5), 27 November–1 Plant Diversity Study in the Ramsar Site in Sabah, Malaysia. December, 2017, at the Kingwood Hotel, Sibu and Meligai Proceedings of Sabah’s Ramsar Conference 2015 on 12th Hotel, Kapit, Sarawak, Malaysia. November 2015, Magellan Harbour Resort, Kota Kinabalu. Pp. 54-73. Williams, (.W., (.M. Gardner, R. Harris, A. Chaveeraeah, J.T. Pereira & N.I.C. Zerega (2017). Out of Borneo: Biogeography, Sugau, J.B., J.T. Pereira, Y.F. Lee & K.M. Wong (2016). The phylogeny and divergence date estimates of Artocarpus Sandakan Herbarium Turns a Hundred. Sandakania 21. Pp. 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