KOTA KINABALU: The successful implementation of the 8-year Sabah EU-REDD+ project could form the baseline for a statewide approach toward achieving sustainable and low carbon development in Sabah.
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\nEfforts have already been initiated by the Sabah Forestry Department that intend to demonstrate that the experience and results from community-based forest management under the project could be replicated on a statewide level.
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\n\u201cSFD is currently collaborating with UMS to develop the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for aboveground forest carbon density (AGCD) mapping for Sabah.
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\n\u201cThe objective is to develop a statewide approach to replicate and scale up the methods tested through the Project to the state level,\u201d said Sabah Chief Conservator of Forests, Datuk Frederick Kugan.
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\nThe REDD+ is an international framework to guide activities in the forest sector that reduces emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, as well as the sustainable management of forests and the conservation and enhancement of forest carbon stocks in developing countries.
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\nIt aims at the implementation of activities by governments to reduce human pressure on forests that result in greenhouse gas emissions at the national level.
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\nIn Sabah, the 8-year project entitled \u2018Tackling Climate Change through Sustainable Forest Management and Community Development\u2019 had been funded by the European Union and implemented in three selected pilot sites across different areas. These sites were in Kg Gana, Kota Marudu, Kinabatangan and Kinabalu Ecolinc.
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\nThe project officially ended recently with valuable lessons learned and can be shared as well as replicated on a larger scale.
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\nAccording to Kugan, based on the carbon stock assessment (CSA) conducted by the communities from 2017 to 2021, there are positive indicators that the project could be implemented on a statewide level.
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\nHe said the project was the demonstration of REDD+ activities in the three pilot sites in Sabah and based on its roadmap, full implementation of REDD+ will be through lessons learned from this project.
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\n\u201cThrough the EU REDD+ Project, sustainable forest management through the planting of trees in degraded forest areas and controlled forest silviculture were promoted to improve carbon stock of these forest areas and hence, increase the rate of carbon sequestration,\u201d he said.
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\nHe noted that the Project has also demonstrated how conservation could improve the economy of the local community.
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\n\u201cThrough the various community development activities, they have helped provide sufficient income to the local communities and reduced the dependencies on forest and encroachment.
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\n\u201cThe communities established their protected forest areas or \u2018Tagal Hutan as Community Conserved Areas (CCAs) within the pilot site is one of the indicators of the success of the project in promoting REDD+ program in Sabah,\u201d he said.
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\nKugan also noted that aside from communities, other key stakeholders such as state-owned oil palm company, Sawit Kinabalu, have set aside 2,632ha at Sg Pin for conservation.
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\nTo date, he said 1,352.83ha of degraded forest areas have been restored as a result of the Project and some 4,205.28 ha of CCAs (by the community and corporate companies) have been established.
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\nIn addition, nearly 500 households have benefited from the Project\u2019s various sustainable livelihood activities.
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\nThere has also been an increase in the number of visitors to the communities\u2019 forest-based ecotourism sites.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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