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Despite foresters and planters promising tight regulations in Perak, locals are protesting one of the biggest forest plantations in the state over fears of water security and wildlife attacks.
YP Olio 有限公司最近从联邦环境局获得允准在8498公顷的地块上清除森林并种植油棕。
该项目地块位于彭亨州的珍妮-百乐综合森林内，这是一个具有丰富生物多样性和生态价值的天然森林。在项目地块里还有两座原住民村落，村民声称该地方是他们的习俗地。
Macaranga发现，该项目将给发展商带来巨大的利益，而政府和社会将付出高昂的代价。此外，项目对森林的破坏将危及已经濒危的马来亚虎。
该项目对马来西亚油棕业的声誉有什么影响？ 对于彭亨州政府和发展商来说，最适当的选择又是什么？
第一篇：为卖不出去的油棕砍伐森林
第二篇：承诺保育老虎，却在彭亨破坏栖息地
第三篇：原住民为森林放弃新房子
Syarikat YP Olio Sdn Bhd baru menerima kelulusan daripada Jabatan Alam Sekitar untuk menebang kawasan hutan 8,498 ha untuk dijadikan ladang kelapa sawit.
Tapak itu terletak dalam kompleks hutan Chini-Bera, Pahang, sebuah hutan asli yang cukup kaya dengan kepelbagaian biologi dan nilai-nilai ekologi. Terdapat juga dua kampung Orang Asli dalam tapak projek yang menuntut kawasan itu sebagai tanah adat mereka.
Siasatan Macaranga mendapati bahawa projek ini membawa manfaat besar kepada pihak pemaju, manakala pihak kerajaan dan masyarakat menanggung kos yang tinggi. Tambahan pula, kemusnahan hutan itu akan menjejas populasi harimau Malaya yang sudahpun hampir pupus.
Apakah kesan projek tersebut ke atas reputasi kemampanan industri kelapa sawit di Malaysia? Apakah pilihan paling wajar bagi pihak kerajaan Pahang dan pemaju?
Bahagian 1: Menebang Hutan Demi Kelapa Sawit Yang Takkan Terjual
Bahagian 2: Biarpun Sudah Berjanji, Habitat Harimau di Pahang Tetap Dimusnahkan
Bahagian 3: Orang Asli Menolak Tawaran Rumah Baharu Untuk Hutan
Another tiger and elephant habitat in Pahang has been approved to be turned into an oil palm plantation. But if the developer and state government wish to spare the forest, there are profitable alternatives. Part 2 of 3.
This story is produced in collaboration with the Pulitzer Center’s Rainforest Investigations Network.
[Versi Bahasa Malaysia] [即将发布：中文版]
A PROPOSED 8,498 ha oil palm project in Pahang occupies a key location in Peninsular Malaysia’s wildlife habitats and forest landscape. The project site sits in the centre of the Chini-Bera forest complex, according to the Master Plan for Ecological Linkages Central Forest Spine (2022).
That complex connects the Greater Taman Negara forest complex in the north with the Endau-Rompin Sedili forest complex in the south. The Central Forest Spine (CFS) Masterplan aims to establish wildlife corridors called “linkages” between these complexes that would allow animals like tigers to move and breed across the landscape.
(Photo: A tiger pawprint found in the vicinity of the Bukit Ibam forests (background) being cleared for timber and oil palm plantation. | Pawprint photo courtesy of Mohjoey mojoey (Facebook), satellite image by Planet Labs Inc)
It’s often cited that Malayan tigers numbered 3,000 in the 1950s. Could that be possible? Biologist Quek Yew Aun examines the evidence for this number.
The Malayan tiger (Panthera tigris jacksoni) is a definitive part of our Malaysian identity. Its presence adorns key icons synonymous to Malaysia, including the national coat of arms and the masthead of a prominent local bank. Even our national football team is nicknamed ‘Harimau Malaya’.
Sadly, the species itself is critically endangered according to the IUCN Red List.
How close a species is to extinction is indicated by the number of individuals remaining in the wild. And wild Malayan tigers have been declining in the past few decades due to factors such as poaching and habitat loss.
However, determining the exact number of Malayan tigers in the wild has always been a challenge.
(Photo: A Malayan tiger in Zoo Negara, 2012. Wild tigers in Malaysia inch closer to extinction but recent concerted conservation efforts bring hope. – Pic by YH Law.)
