Deforestation for plantation expansion in Sarawak slides based on work undertaken by various experts

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Deforestation for plantation expansion in
Sarawak(slides based on work undertaken by
various experts and pictures from various sources)
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Trust us, its not happening

• "By 1990 we have stopped approving new jungle
  areas to be covered under plantations.
• Yusof Basiron, director Malaysian Palm Oil
  Council, 19 May 2006
• We are not cutting down forests. Most
  plantations are in their second or third planting
  cycle, so we are planting on the same plot of
  land.
• Michael Dosim Lunjew, Ministry of Plantation
  Industries and Commodities Secretary-General, 15
  May 2007
• We will not use virgin jungle and forest
  reserves for oil palm cultivation. So the issues
  written by the foreign press and non-government
  organizations on deforestation are not occurring
  in Malaysia.
• Peter Chin, Minister of Plantation Industries and
  Commodities, 28 August 2007.
• The government will not allow the clearing of
  forest areas for any new oil palm plantations. We
  dont have to reduce the protected forests to
  increase new oil palm plantations.
• Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, 25 June
  2008.
• Sarawak is not facing the destruction of its
  forests and ecosystem as a result of the
  cultivation of oil palm. (..)
• Abdul Taib Mahmud, Sarawaks Chief Minister, 26
  June 2008.

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Potential natural vegetation
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Permanent Forest Estate (according to FD 2008)
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According to FD, 2001
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Agri-plantation projects (Tan 2002)
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Planted Forests projects, 2008 (partly oil palm)
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Dam projects
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Actual deforestation in Sarawak

• Time series 1998-2012
• SarVision Wageningen University, 2008.
  Pan-tropical forest monitoring programme. Based
  on MODIS 250m satellite imagery "NASA/University
  of Maryland, 2002. MODIS Hotspot / Active Fire
  Detections. Data set. MODIS Rapid Response
  Project, NASA/GSFC producer, University of
  Maryland, Fire Information for Resource
  Management System distributors.

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Deforestation in Sarawak

• Updated time series 2004-2008
• SarVision Wageningen University, 2008.
  Pan-tropical forest monitoring programme. Based
  on MODIS 250m satellite imagery "NASA/University
  of Maryland, 2002. MODIS Hotspot / Active Fire
  Detections. Data set. MODIS Rapid Response
  Project, NASA/GSFC producer, University of
  Maryland, Fire Information for Resource
  Management System distributors.

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December 2004 Source SarVision
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December 2005 Source SarVision
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June 2007 Source SarVision
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March 2008 Source SarVision
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Daro and Pulau Bruit 30-12-2002 SPOT5
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Daro and Pulau Bruit 7-08-2006 SPOT5
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Daro and Pulau Bruit 7-05-2008 SPOT5
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Peat swamp forest, logged and being cleared for
oilpalm. Only 19,000 ha of virgin peat forest
remains in Sarawak
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Not just in Sarawak(Gunung Ledong, Johor)
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Peat swamp forest slated for conversion
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The last trees are logged
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Deforested peat swamp
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Peat drainage triggers carbon emissions
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Landscapes forgone
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Floods become a common sight
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The Indigenous Communities in Sarawak to become
Sarawaks future plantation workers?
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Employment opportunities often granted to foreign
workers
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Who wouldnt fight back?