Environment & Sustainability
Elephant Conservation and Mitigating HEC in Sri Lanka
Dr. Fernando, representing the Centre for Conservation and Research (CCR) in Sri Lanka presented an overview of elephant conservation and mitigation procedures in managing human-elephant conflicts (HEC) in Sri Lanka. He noted that Sri Lanka has the highest density of Asian elephants per square kilom...
Beyond Conflict Mitigation: Better Management Practices by Plantations for Wildlife Conservation
It has been recognized that issues of human-wildlife conflict are due to their habitat being converted into agricultural areas and human settlements. Existing conservation areas are no longer adequate for long term viability of populations of wildlife. Because of the push for sustainability, plantat...
Wildlife conservation vs. conflict: NGO perspective
Establishment and management of habitat connectivity becomes more important to enable wildlife to move freely between fragmented forest, and this has been at the forefront of species management plans, particularly for tigers and elephants in Peninsular Malaysia. The workforce also needs to be streng...
Wildlife Conservation vs Conflict in Sarawak
Sarawak has a land area of 12.4 million ha, of which an estimated 65% of the land is still occupied by forest. Under the Sarawak Sustainable Land Use Policy, the Sarawak Government has set aside 6 million hectares of production forest as Permanent Forest Estate (PFE) for sustainable timber productio...
Correcting the Misquotes about Palm Oil from Slow Food
There are many organizations which are established either nationally or internationally aimed at highlighting the importance of food and nutrition. One such organization is Slow Food, which is a grassroot organization founded in 1989 to prevent the disappearance of local food cultures and traditions...
The Role of the Malaysian Palm Oil Industry in Wildlife Conservation in Sabah; The Wildlife Rescue Unit (WRU) as a Case Study
According to Sabah Wildlife Department (SWD), Malaysia is one of the major producers of palm oil and Sabah produces 30% of Malaysian total palm oil output, planted on 1.4 million hectares land. 49% of Sabah is under permanent forest cover. In Sabah, key pressures on biodiversity are habitat loss, ha...
