SABAH'S SUCCESS STORY - THE DERAMAKOT FOREST RESERVE
by Mr Sam Mannan, Director of Forestry, Sabah
Sabah has retained about 60% of its natural forest cover.
This translates to some 3.9 million ha of forest
reserves, parks, wildlife sanctuaries and water
catchments.
Amidst this bounty, the Deramakot Forest Reserve stands out
as a prime example of Sustainable Forest Management (SFM).
The project started in 1989 in collaboration with the German
Technical Agency until 2000, but has since been managed by
the Sabah Forestry Department.
Jungle Man’s Sanctuary
There’s something inimitably endearing about the orang utan (Pongo pygmaeus), the Malay word meaning ‘man of the jungle’. The orang utan’s wide-eyed innocence stops people in their tracks, which is just as well because as Asia’s only great ape representative, it is classified as a totally protected species. Because of this status, efforts to conserve the species have been in place since the early 1960s.
There’s something inimitably endearing about the orang utan (Pongo pygmaeus), the Malay word meaning ‘man of the jungle’. The orang utan’s wide-eyed innocence stops people in their tracks, which is just as well because as Asia’s only great ape representative, it is classified as a totally protected species. Because of this status, efforts to conserve the species have been in place since the early 1960s.
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