Heartof Borneo,a jointcommitment rn diverse State has balls. To date, The bungalow ecosystembiological diver- It be denied that the Since early this year, NREB The Park 750 old governmentworld conservation of cannot conserve,government protect using reef (including taken initiatives to identify reef balls have been deployed at Santubong, where Wallace sity trans boundary people do steal timber; hence con- has been implementing the Biodiversity Conservation and gazette several tracts within the area. wrote the famous "The Sarawak Area tinuous efforts have been made Environmental Audit process to further of natural forests, consisting of The project also includes base- Law"; a preamble to the Theory networks), community-based to strengthen supervisory and strengthen the environ- national parks, wildlife sanctuar- line studies on marine and coastal of Evolution, and Rajah's retreat rural poverty eradication and ragging powers by putting all the mental initiatives and, at the same based ies and nature reserves, as totally resources, communication, edu- at Mount ecotourism on Culture, departments together so that sur- time, encourage the develop- Adventure Nature (CAN). Self- protected areas (TPAs) with the cation and public awareness pro- Serambu will be developed and veillance and prevention can be ment sectors to advocate The State target of one million hectares by grammes. to attract visiting scientists and government encour- more effective. Regulation to ensure better com- 2020. More tukun as fishery sanctuar- tourists. ages all forest timber licensees It might not be 100% effective, pliance to Terms and Approval Up to now, 47 TPAs, with a total ies will be built along the Sarawak Tan Sri Adenan says Brunei within the Heart of Borneo areas but efforts are being made to get Environmental Conditions area of 808,100 hectares, have coast land to conserve national Darussalam, Indonesia and to be certified under the Malaysian as effective as possible. imposed by environmental agen- Certification been gazetted; it is short of 200,000 resources and promote fishing, Malaysia, which make up the Timber Scheme Tan Sri Adenan says the man- cies. (MTCS) to the target by 2020. port fishing and tourism in the island of Borneo, have presented or any other equivalent agement of Gunung Mulu National The first batch of 17 partici- from disciplines The State government is. com- areas. to the world the joint commitment certification to ensure compliance Park disposes solid wastes through pants various mitted towards biodiversity con- Besides, Sarawak is also collab- to conserve and protect one of the with sustainable forest manage- practical means at its disposal. and industries are undergoing an diverse intensive 10-day Environmental servation and makes conscien- orating with University Malaysia most natural ecosystems ment practices. The organic refuse such as veg- form largest help tious efforts towards achieving Sabah and University Malaysia on earth. They the The Heart of Borneo (HoB) etable wastes and left over food are Auditors training to them to the target. Terengganu to conduct various contiguous tropical rainforest in initiative can benefit the state by separated and collected by local implement the process. The seven new TPAs, with a researches on marine species and South East Asia with reference to attracting more local and inter- workers as feed for the domestic By then, they can register them- total area of approximately 33,000 ecosystem of Kuala Lawas. the island of Borneo. national collaboration, providing animals. selves with NREB as Independent hectares that have been gazett- Preliminary studies indicate The three countries affirm the platform to promote Sarawak's Non-recyclable and biodegrad- Environmental Auditors. have ed during the last six months, that the area, with the potential to importance of joint conservation effort in conservation and sustain- able wastes are compressed and All NREB officers success- are Dered Krian National Park, become a totally protected area, initiatives to ensure the sustain- able forest management; encour- sent every four to six weeks to be fully undergone similar training Sungai Meluang National Park can support viable population of able management of the 20 million aging stakeholders cooperation disposed in the council's desig- and are competent to conduct Extension, Limbang Mangrove dugong. hectares of vast, unbroken area of through information sharing and nated landfill in Marudi. environmental audit as and when National Park, Pulong Tau National The State government is also the forest that still cloak moun- implementation of joint activities The sewerage at the park head- required. Park Extension, Lanjak Entimau collaborating with UNIMAS to tains, foothills and adjacent low- and enhancing capacity building quarters goes through a series of For example, DOE is enforcing Wildlife Sanctuary Extension, prepare Integrated Management lands that stretch along the inland through collaborations. septic tanks through which black the requirement for industries Fairy Cave Nature Reserve and Plan of Kuching Wetland National borders of Brunei, Kalimantan Participation of local communi- water will pass through sand filter to install a Continuous Emission Pulau Tun Ahmad Zaidi Nature Park. Indonesia and Sarawak and ties as co-partners in conservation before being dispersed into the Monitoring System, which is an Reserve. Tan Sri Adenan says major pop- Sabah. management, initiated under the forest. integrated system for the mea- The Minister with Special ulation centres such as Kuching He says the State government ITTO-supported projects in Lanjak Those at Camp 5, Clearwater surement and recording of gases, Wildlife (opacity) Functions in the Chief Minister's City, Miri City, Sibu, Bintulu, has set aside about 2.1 million Entimau Sanctuary and Cave and Deer Cave have to go particulates and smoke Tau National office, Tan Sri Datuk Amar Haji Sri Aman, Limbang, Niah and hectares as Sarawak's contribu- Pulong Park, will be through the bio-cycle system and emitted from premises. long- further industries Adenan Bin Haji Satem gives the popular recreation areas like tion to the Heart of Borneo's promoted and strength- a series of pumps and tanks before The are also account- details in winding the debate Semariang-Pasir Pandak, Pasir term objectives, under the Bali ened. being discharged as effluent. The able to provide DOE with an up- In dialogue on Budget 2014 during the just- Panjang, Damai Beach and Siar Declaration, to promote people's this connection, a solid residues from both systems to-date inventory of scheduled held dis- concluded sitting of the State Beach are identified as Crocodile- welfare and cooperation to ensure was with the Forum of are collected and also sent to the wastes generated, treated and Legislative Assembly. Free Zones. effective management of forest Indigenous People of Highlands of landfill in Marudi. posed off on a continuous basis. Borneo (FORMADAT) He says a conservation and The presence of crocodiles in resources and conservation of a to discuss The Natural Resources This is done through the e- by ecological study, conducted by these areas will not be tolerated network of protected areas, pro- participation local communi- Environment Board (NREB), since Consignment Note, which is the Universiti Malaysia Sarawak and they will be removed. ductive forests and other sustain- ties in the implementation of I loB its establishment in 1994, has online monitoring and tracking land initiatives. (UNIMAS) with volunteers from This year, 20 crocodiles, under able use. performed its multi-disciplinary system to monitor the handling Malaysian Nature Society, Sarawak the Holistic Crocodile Resource The geography of Borneo has a He says the State government, roles well in facilitating and regu- of scheduled wastes from indus- from is Forest Corporation and residents Inventory for Sarawak cover- mountain range all the way which very serious about con- lating development to ensure all tries. Sabah, of Piasau Camp, which was com- ing all major river systems, have Tanjung Datu to which serving the natural resources, is activities comply with universal Besides, DOE, since the middle from Brunei, Kalimantan Barat to pleted on May 2013, indicates that been removed rivers includ- and prepared work with interna- environmental standards. of 2007, has been implementing bodies local the area is a suitable habitat for the ing those from Crocodile-Free Sarawak and Sabah want to pre- tional and communi- For example, NRE13 has the EIA consultation registration Oriental-pied Hornbill and many Zones. serve as the back bone of the ties and sponsor studies on ways adopted the internationally rec- scheme, where only qualified and biological biodiversity. Environmental Impact other species of flora and fauna. He says the first wild life moni- island of Borneo. to retain ognized registered consultants may carry Hence, the State government toring and rescue operation for He says the Heart of Borneo The State governinent has taken Assessment or EIA as a manda- out an EIA study. The scheme has has agreed to gazette Piasau Camp Bakun Hydro dam, which was project is an extension to the exist- proactive measures to monitor ille- tory requirement before any pre- been a regulatory requirement to driven, bilateral logging in with an area of 76.5 hectares as completed last year, successfully ing government- gal the Balai Ringin area scribed development activities ensure a good quality EIA report. by a nature reserve to