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Heart of Borneo
Al Gore and WWF unite for Forest
and Climate conservation
More than 600 Indonesian government HoB used the event to launch a new Darussalam and Malaysia in 2007, seeking
and business leaders joined former US initiative called the Green Business to conserve and sustainably manage the
Vice President and Nobel Laureate, Al Network (GBN). The GBN aims to get 22 million hectares of trans-boundary
Gore and WWF-Indonesia’s CEO, Dr business engaged in delivering the forests that stretch across the island of
Efransjah, at a gala dinner in early January Heart of Borneo Declaration made by Borneo.
in Jakarta. the governments of Indonesia, Brunei
WWF-Indonesia’s CEO, Dr Efransjah said,
The event celebrated the United Nation’s “We know the commitments under the
International Year of the Forest and "A green economy may not be the Heart of Borneo Declaration cannot be
provided the opportunity to discuss the easy choice today, but history will achieved without the support of the
role business will play in finding forest private sector. Tonight, we highlight
solutions to the future challenges to come show that it is the right choice." - solutions for involving business in green
as a result of climate change. Al Gore growth and offer them a range of tools to
help them to do that.”
(c) WWF-Indonesia/Saipul SIAGIAN
Influential voice
As one of the world’s most influential
voices on the environment and climate
change, Mr Gore delivered an exclusive
keynote address, sharing his vision for the
role of forests in a sustainable future.
“The beginning of the U.N. International
Year of the Forests is the perfect time
to instigate the impressive collaboration
that this dinner and the forthcoming
B4E gathering between the business
community, government leaders and
NGOs, represents,” he said.
He went on to outline the huge advantage
for Indonesia to become the regional
leader in the pursuit of a green economy
which is developed in partnership with
business. “ A green economy may not
be the easy choice today, but history
will show it is the right choice, morally,
economically and environmentally,” he
Al Gore addresses the crowd of 600 leaders from Indonesian business and Government. said.
to move forward with plans to establish a Wildlife Department monitoring and protection by
in the Bornean Nation. relevant bodies," he said.
During an address to the Brunei Nature Society at Universiti It is hoped the budget to establish
Brunei Darussalam, HoB Special Advisor to Brunei, Dato a Wildlife Department such as this
Dr Mikaail Kavanagh (pictured), urged the government may be proposed next year. "Such
to formalize its plans for a department dedicated to the priorities will mainstream the HoB
maintenance of wildlife in the dense forests of Brunei, saying both economically and socially,” said
this could help effectively address wildlife conservation issues. Kavanagh. “If resourced adequately,
"Every country should have the capacity to manage its own this could be a major contributor to
natural resources,” he said. the national effort to diversify the
In the long term, it is hoped that a Wildlife Department could economy in the long term," he added.
Dato Dr Mikaail Kavanagh
help nurture local Bruneian expertise in the environmental Brunei continues to play an
sector, making Brunei less reliant on foreign experts. "It instrumental role in the ongoing progress of the Heart of Borneo
has always been our purpose to have a department looking Initiative, allocating more than half of the country's land area to
after our wildlife," said the Minister of Industry and Primary the HoB and rapidly establishing its National HoB Council to guide
Resources, Pehin Yayha Bakar. "Considering the complexity… the implementation of a holistic, multi-sectored program.
of the Heart of Borneo project, which involves flora and
Adi Aizal
Photos have emerged from Brunei in the Brunei Darussalam, the Expedition will
HoB, proving the existence of a rare, black directly contribute to Brunei’s national
form of the endangered Bornean Clouded efforts to conserve the precious landscape
Leopard. Scientists made the discovery in the Heart of Borneo.
through the use of an array of camera
Until now, only a few unconfirmed
traps, which yielded the first photographic
sightings have suggested that a melanistic
evidence that there is a melanistic (i.e.
form occurs in the population. The
with predominantly black pigment) form
photograph, taken in the survey area in
of the Clouded Leopard living on Borneo.
July 2010, though indistinct, definitely
The camera traps were placed in strategic shows the animal approaching the The usual colour pattern of the Clouded Leopard
locations around the Sungei Protected camera, uphill at a distance. The Leopard,
Forest as part of the Sungei Ingei Faunal as can be seen in the enlarged picture The Clouded Leopard is endangered
Survey Expedition which has the aim (below), is very dark with patterned throughout Borneo and under the Brunei
of documenting the wildlife for science markings, which is a contrast to all other Wildlife Protection Act (1984) it is a
and to provide a basis for conservation pictures of Clouded Leopards which show protected species. While it is not one of
management. As a project of Universiti the usual colour forms. the big cats, it is the largest predator on
The Sungei Protected Forest Borneo, having dagger-like canine teeth
JK Charles
is known for its extraordinarily that are the largest of any cat in relation
diverse tree species. While to body size.
the data are not yet complete While Brunei is small compared with
or fully analysed, records the overall size of Borneo, it is known
emerging from the Faunal to include some of the island’s best
Survey are showing that this is preserved primary forest. It is vital
reflected in a rich diversity of that findings such as this photographic
wild animals. This most recent evidence of the Black Clouded Leopard
discovery is part of a growing are used to support the case for ongoing
body of evidence that shows conservation in this, one of the most
the significant conservation biologically rich areas in the world.
The new photo of the Melanistic clouded leopard value of this area in the HoB.
2011 kicks off UN Decade of Biodiversity on Biological Diversity, “biodiversity forms the basis
of life on Earth.”
The United Nations General Assembly has This is heartening news for the three signatory
WWF - Indonesia / Marius Gunawan
proclaimed the period 2011-2020 as the governments of the Heart of Borneo Initiative
“United Nations Decade on Biodiversity”. The as it reiterates their conservation objectives and
next ten years will also see the roll-out of the builds on the momentum generated from the 2010
Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020, an International Year of Biodiversity.
International plan which contains ambitious but
The official nature of this Decade not only reinforces
crucial targets to help achieve the Millennium
the significance of the HoB’s efforts but also
Development Goals around conservation.
provides a tremendous opportunity to mainstream
“The Decade will spur efforts to secure the the objectives of the International Strategic Plan
future of our planet’s biodiversity,” said Ahmed into actions and policies which could have an impact
Djoghlaf Executive Secretary of the Convention across societies worldwide.
“The fight for Protected Areas is over” said "Brunei has the enviable Without further protection, I am afraid that
Brunei will not remain an island of primary
Dr. Glen Reynolds, director of the Royal
Society’s South East Asia Rainforest Research opportunity to preserve large forest. While other countries have no other
Program, when I met him in Danum Valley stretches of primary forest for choice than managing their disturbed forest,
Brunei has still the enviable opportunity to
in Sabah, Malaysia. His statement initially
shocked me, but he explained “all of the future generations" preserve large stretches of primary forests
big areas of primary forest that can be for future generations.
conserved on Borneo already have been”, The government states3 that “technically all Peter Engbers is a Geophysicist who has lived in
suggesting that everything outside the forests are protected in Brunei” meaning Brunei for 8 years. He enjoys nature and travel
in Borneo
protected areas is already logged and the area will stay under forest cover and
degraded1. that “the Brunei HoB Implementation 1 Primary forest is defined as pristine (undisturbed)
forest or forest slightly disturbed by unnoticeable
framework has harmoniously consolidated disturbances that do not cause change in forest
Indeed, the limited Protected Areas (10%
the protection and production function ecosystem
of Borneo area - 9% of Kalimantan, 8% of
of Brunei’s forest”. Indeed, the PIF does
Sarawak, 14% of Sabah, 17% of Brunei) have 2 FAO 2010 Brunei Forest Resource Assessment
recommend a mosaic of totally protected report by Brunei Forestry Department. The
become a patchwork in between large areas
forests interspersed with areas under 1979 and 1996 numbers are based on actual
of damaged and degraded land. By now, forest resources studies. 2010* estimates based
sustainable logging regimes, but even this
nearly all of Sarawak and Sabah (and much on linear extrapolation. Area percentages
regime will change the forests and open are relative to total Brunei land area. Brunei
of Kalimantan) is covered by logging roads,
them to development pressures. Changes HoB Outline Protected Area Production forest
many of which run precariously close to the
caused by logging and developments such (sustainable forestry area) Settlements Stateland
protected areas. This, however, is not yet forestry production Forest Reserve
as building roads, dams, houses, and farms
the situation in Brunei. Today, Brunei is still
have already been reported in the Brunei 3 Quotes from various articles in Borneo Bulletin
an island of primary forests as it is almost
HoB area. 4 Brunei HoB Project Implementation Framework
surrounded by logged degraded forests.
Negara Brunei Darussalam. Ministry of Industry
Under the current logging policy of the & Primary Resources. 2008 and the Brunei
Brunei Darussalam is indeed a unique part
forestry department, it is estimated that Development Plan 2006-2025
of Borneo because nearly half of the country
all the production forest reserves will be
is still primary forest. Its peat swamp and
logged in 30 years4. Extending the Protected
lowland forests are still among the best
Areas by keeping more primary forest, will
preserved of the region and constitute rare
WWF-Malaysia
training programme in Sabah to strengthen a multi-stakeholder forum to develop
the understanding of the High Conservation the first Malaysian interpretation of the
Value Forest (HCVF) concept and to outline HCVF Toolkit, which aimed to provide an
the method in which this concept is applied. overview of the practical guidance available
HCVFs are forests with special values in terms to forest managers and other stakeholders
of bio-diversity, or benefits to local people. to identify, manage, and monitor HCVFs
With Sabah moving towards compulsory in Malaysia. With knowledge fresh in the
certification of all its forests by 2014, it is mind, participants took on their next task to
seen as vital to build independent expertise in identify how the toolkit could be improved
HCVF identification and planning. in order to ensure credible HCV assessments
on the ground and better management
Participants were chosen from those Sabah
recommendations. The decision to create
based organisations already active ‘in the
a HCV Management Supplement for
field’. These individuals were seen to be
Sabah was also made during the workshop
better placed to rapidly ‘ramp up’ their
to provide more detailed guidance on
knowledge and skills to meet the expected
identifying HCVs and managing them at the
demand for HCVF assessments in the lead up
landscape level.
to 2014.
Workshop modules included the application Joining Hands – the Sabah Resource Group is
of the HCVF concept for the timber, as well Established
as the palm oil industry, as this approach can The group agreed to being named the Sabah
be used for Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Resource Group, expanding the scale of
as well as Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil skills that can be drawn upon to conduct Field training saw participants discussing and
(RSPO) certification. HCV assessments. This is good news for debating the application of HCV assessments.
Best practices which ensure quality control Borneo as the second group (the first being
across the different steps in the HCV
assessment process were outlined. To those
the Sarawak Resource Group) to pledge
their commitment. Committing to assess Stunning film highlights HSBC
with vested interests in both protecting and
managing forests within the Heart of Borneo,
values of forests within the Heart of Borneo
increases the scope of available information,
partnership with HoB
understanding that the value of forests providing valuable knowledge needed HSBC and WWF-UK have collaborated on
goes beyond economic values and includes for the sustainable management of these a special film, highlighting their unique
environmental and social values is vital. forests. partnership in the Asia Pacific region,
which includes contributions towards
essential programs in the HoB in Malaysia.
WWF-Malaysia