Development of a forest corridor through an oil palm plantation as a long-term plan for ecosystem remediation and adaptive land use management in the tropics
2011
K. Watanabe. | T. Hosaka | Y. Norsham | Y. Noor Azlin | Mazlan Hashim | T. Yamada, | M. Chiba. | E. S. Quah | N. Tagashira | A. K. Azyyati | T. Sugimoto | M. Azmariah | Okuda, T. | M. Roslina. | M. I. Chong | T. Ong | K. Kimura | K. Nurfazliza
Lowland tropical forests are subject to intensive changes in land use, and successful management requires that biodiversity conservation be incorporated into multi-use landscapes. In this pilot study, we analyzed land use changes between 1971 and 1996 in a 3600 km area of Negeri Sembilan State in Peninsular Malaysia. A scenario analysis using risk assessment tools revealed that the existing lowland forest and fragmented forest remnants along streams flowing through oil palm plantations had high risks of deforestation and would suffer further degradation. Most of those fragments have now disappeared. To limit ecosystem degradation, we planted native and orchard trees using local community participants (school students and local residents) to establish a forest corridor connecting a mid-sized forest reserve (Pasoh Forest Reserve) to the spine mountain range of Peninsular Malaysia. In this paper, we report the tree performance (growth rate and survivorship) and the significance of local participation activities with respect to securing carbon stocks and remediating biodiversity networks.
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