Comments on: The Land below the Oil Palm http://www.mysabah.com/wordpress/?p=525 Picture the places, people, and lives of Sabah, Malaysia Mon, 06 Sep 2010 08:19:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1.3 by: MySabah.com http://www.mysabah.com/wordpress/?p=525#comment-26116 Thu, 01 Apr 2010 02:57:52 +0000 http://www.mysabah.com/wordpress/?p=525#comment-26116 J.W> it's a great thing to hear. hope things will get better, so we could hand over the natural heritages (in good shape) to our future generations. there are many we can do. start from the habit of reduce, recycle and reuse our stuffs. making donation to NGOs such as WWF, or tell (educate) others our thought.. just to list a few. saving our planet is a life-long battle against human greed.. J.W> it’s a great thing to hear. hope things will get better, so we could hand over the natural heritages (in good shape) to our future generations.

there are many we can do. start from the habit of reduce, recycle and reuse our stuffs. making donation to NGOs such as WWF, or tell (educate) others our thought.. just to list a few. saving our planet is a life-long battle against human greed..

]]> by: MySabah.com http://www.mysabah.com/wordpress/?p=525#comment-26115 Thu, 01 Apr 2010 02:46:24 +0000 http://www.mysabah.com/wordpress/?p=525#comment-26115 Hi Janet, I totally agree with you. The planters encroach into forest reserve. when the authority enforces the law by cutting down their oil palm, they will cry foul and say the land is theirs. Do you know that many of such people are living in big house and driving big car? Hi Janet, I totally agree with you. The planters encroach into forest reserve. when the authority enforces the law by cutting down their oil palm, they will cry foul and say the land is theirs. Do you know that many of such people are living in big house and driving big car?

]]> by: J.W http://www.mysabah.com/wordpress/?p=525#comment-26113 Thu, 01 Apr 2010 02:28:25 +0000 http://www.mysabah.com/wordpress/?p=525#comment-26113 MySabah.com, I've no evidence about the conservation either, but the few logging companies I knew are really involved in the replanting the logging areas, it takes years to bring back profits, but these things needs to be done. Wished I can contribute in some ways to the forestry conservations. Rain forest is one of our heritage, I would hate to see it ruined. MySabah.com, I’ve no evidence about the conservation either, but the few logging companies I knew are really involved in the replanting the logging areas, it takes years to bring back profits, but these things needs to be done.

Wished I can contribute in some ways to the forestry conservations. Rain forest is one of our heritage, I would hate to see it ruined.

]]> by: Janet http://www.mysabah.com/wordpress/?p=525#comment-26112 Thu, 01 Apr 2010 02:12:24 +0000 http://www.mysabah.com/wordpress/?p=525#comment-26112 Not only that forest are cleared for palm oil but there are cases where illegal clearings of the forest are done by the squatters. Not only that forest are cleared for palm oil but there are cases where illegal clearings of the forest are done by the squatters.

]]> by: MySabah.com http://www.mysabah.com/wordpress/?p=525#comment-26111 Thu, 01 Apr 2010 01:28:30 +0000 http://www.mysabah.com/wordpress/?p=525#comment-26111 Hi J.W, yes, the environmentalists here say the forest management plan is government's biggest scam to our conservation. i always want to say it but i have no evidence. glad you confirm this fact. Hi J.W, yes, the environmentalists here say the forest management plan is government’s biggest scam to our conservation. i always want to say it but i have no evidence. glad you confirm this fact.

]]> by: J.W http://www.mysabah.com/wordpress/?p=525#comment-26110 Thu, 01 Apr 2010 01:20:02 +0000 http://www.mysabah.com/wordpress/?p=525#comment-26110 I have some friends in the logging business in Sabah. The government let the logging companies to own the land for 99 years on the condition that after they chop down trees, they must plant it back. But West Malaysia Loggers does not do this at all. It's a shame that many forest are cleared to make way for oil palm plantation. Hope that there would be more forest reservation before it's too late. I have some friends in the logging business in Sabah. The government let the logging companies to own the land for 99 years on the condition that after they chop down trees, they must plant it back. But West Malaysia Loggers does not do this at all.

It’s a shame that many forest are cleared to make way for oil palm plantation. Hope that there would be more forest reservation before it’s too late.

]]> by: Leon http://www.mysabah.com/wordpress/?p=525#comment-26018 Tue, 30 Mar 2010 14:47:33 +0000 http://www.mysabah.com/wordpress/?p=525#comment-26018 I remember every time me and my family go to visit relatives in Tawau from Lahad Datu, the surrounding of the journey was like rain forest - oil palm all the way -then forest and oil palm again. I hope the leaders would be aware and fight to reserve the forest cause it's our heritage for our future generation. Awesome writing btw.. I remember every time me and my family go to visit relatives in Tawau from Lahad Datu, the surrounding of the journey was like rain forest - oil palm all the way -then forest and oil palm again.

I hope the leaders would be aware and fight to reserve the forest cause it’s our heritage for our future generation.

Awesome writing btw..

]]> by: MySabah.com http://www.mysabah.com/wordpress/?p=525#comment-25993 Tue, 30 Mar 2010 06:40:37 +0000 http://www.mysabah.com/wordpress/?p=525#comment-25993 Thank you amer for your wise comments. i totally agree with you. Thank you amer for your wise comments. i totally agree with you.

]]> by: amer http://www.mysabah.com/wordpress/?p=525#comment-25991 Tue, 30 Mar 2010 06:28:38 +0000 http://www.mysabah.com/wordpress/?p=525#comment-25991 Memang betullah Sabah sekarang bukan lagi 'The land below the wind' dan sekarang sudah jadi 'Land Below Oil Palm'. Kalau kita jalan dari Ranau, Telupid, Sandakan, Kinabatangan, Lahad Datu, Semporna dan Tawau....sepanjang jalan ialah SAWIT. Di Ranau sekarang pun...dashyat ooo....banyak bukit telah dibersihkan untuk penanaman SAWIT. Cuma pendapat saya pembangunan pertanian ni harus diseimbangkan dengan pemuliharaan hutan untuk water catchment dan keseimbangan ekosistem. Pemuliharaan hutan ni penting....dalam memelihara habitat flora dan fauna yang unik di Sabah. Unik termasuklah spesies-spesies serangga, haiwan vertebrate, bunga-bungaan dsbnya endemik di Borneo (hanya wujud di Borneo). Contohnya, orkid..Sabah sangat kaya dengan orkid-orkid yang endemik dan bayangkanlah orang-orang luar selalu datang curi orkid kita...dengan bermacam-macam cara.....Dan jika kita memulihara alam sekitar, banyak manfaatnya dan negeri kita bebas dari banjir kilat, banjir lumpur, tanah runtuh dan bermacam-macam bencana alam. Menurut sumber dari geologist, tanah di Sabah ni masih dikategorikan 'muda' dan berpasir. Tu yang jalan-jalan raya kita ni selalu masuk-masuk dalam dan berlubang-lubang. Hutan berupaya untuk memegang tanah dan mengelakkan dari berlakunya semua perkara yang tidak diingini tu. Pendapat saya pembangunan tanpa keseimbangan ekosistem akibat penebangan hutan berleluasa selalunya bakal mengundang masalah pencemaran dan bencana alam yang kosnya boleh menelan belanja sangat besar berbanding kos untuk pembangunan kawasan seperti yang telah berlaku di kebanyakan negara lain. Kesimpulannya, tanam SAWIT tu pun mesti berpada-pada juga walaupun ia sekarang adalah punca pendapatan ekonomi negeri SABAH. Memang betullah Sabah sekarang bukan lagi ‘The land below the wind’ dan sekarang sudah jadi ‘Land Below Oil Palm’. Kalau kita jalan dari Ranau, Telupid, Sandakan, Kinabatangan, Lahad Datu, Semporna dan Tawau….sepanjang jalan ialah SAWIT. Di Ranau sekarang pun…dashyat ooo….banyak bukit telah dibersihkan untuk penanaman SAWIT.
Cuma pendapat saya pembangunan pertanian ni harus diseimbangkan dengan pemuliharaan hutan untuk water catchment dan keseimbangan ekosistem. Pemuliharaan hutan ni penting….dalam memelihara habitat flora dan fauna yang unik di Sabah. Unik termasuklah spesies-spesies serangga, haiwan vertebrate, bunga-bungaan dsbnya endemik di Borneo (hanya wujud di Borneo). Contohnya, orkid..Sabah sangat kaya dengan orkid-orkid yang endemik dan bayangkanlah orang-orang luar selalu datang curi orkid kita…dengan bermacam-macam cara…..Dan jika kita memulihara alam sekitar, banyak manfaatnya dan negeri kita bebas dari banjir kilat, banjir lumpur, tanah runtuh dan bermacam-macam bencana alam. Menurut sumber dari geologist, tanah di Sabah ni masih dikategorikan ‘muda’ dan berpasir. Tu yang jalan-jalan raya kita ni selalu masuk-masuk dalam dan berlubang-lubang. Hutan berupaya untuk memegang tanah dan mengelakkan dari berlakunya semua perkara yang tidak diingini tu. Pendapat saya pembangunan tanpa keseimbangan ekosistem akibat penebangan hutan berleluasa selalunya bakal mengundang masalah pencemaran dan bencana alam yang kosnya boleh menelan belanja sangat besar berbanding kos untuk pembangunan kawasan seperti yang telah berlaku di kebanyakan negara lain. Kesimpulannya, tanam SAWIT tu pun mesti berpada-pada juga walaupun ia sekarang adalah punca pendapatan ekonomi negeri SABAH.

]]> by: MySabah.com http://www.mysabah.com/wordpress/?p=525#comment-23952 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:19:54 +0000 http://www.mysabah.com/wordpress/?p=525#comment-23952 Hi Rae, I totally agree with you. like cocoa plantation in early day of Tawau, it was very profitable and fetched very high price in market, just like our palm oil today. Then a pest came and destroyed most of them in 80s. now it is a half-dead business. Hi Rae, I totally agree with you. like cocoa plantation in early day of Tawau, it was very profitable and fetched very high price in market, just like our palm oil today. Then a pest came and destroyed most of them in 80s. now it is a half-dead business.

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