MONITORING YEAR 2023

 

Aspect	Monitoring Elements	Monitoring Result
ECOLOGICAL	Fauna
	Composition and changes in fauna	Wildlife monitoring o   Baseline information was also collected on Ecological status of Mammal and Avifauna Species and recommendation for its management. o   The monitoring show increasing in number of species recorded for mammal species where a total of 41 of different mammal species while for avifauna species, a total of 27 species was recorded.
	Flora
	Growth rates, regeneration of the forest and condition of the forest	Permanent Sample Plots (PSP) o   Ten (10) PSPs have been established in February and March 2019 o   Re-assessment of PSP will be conduct in three (3) (min) or five (5) (max) year. o   No info on growth rates, regeneration till re-assessment
	Composition and changes in Flora	o   Pre-inventory data was available only for 35 blocks in Coupe 02BR and pre-inventory for coupe 03B progressively on-going. o   Family Dipterocarpaceae was the most abundant and dominated within all the PSPs with 1374 individuals recorded or about 30.61% of the total number and followed by Euphorbiaceae and Myristicaceae with 746 (16.62%) and 201 (4.48%) trees correspondingly. Other tree families recorded with more than 100 individuals were Burseraceae, Fagaceae, Lauraceae, Malvaceae, Myrtaceae and Rubiaceae.
ENVIRONMENT	Harvesting impacts	o   There is no still no harvesting impact has been evaluated since harvesting operation just started in year 2022.
	Environmental monitoring impact and compliances	o   Environmental monitoring impacts was conducted quarterly by consultant through Environmental Monitoring Report (EMR) o   Based on the EMR for quarter 1 until 4 for year 2023, the water qualities were generally found to be good, with the most parameter monitored within Class I to IIB of the NWQSM. pH and DO levels were moderately high (reading were fairly common for river water in Sarawak). The BOD, COD and ammoniacal nitrogen levels as well as the coliform count were all detected at the low sides. The TSS level was low and within the Class II limit of 50 mg/1. No oil and grease were detected in the waterway, showing that the machinery used were well maintained (i.e., no leakage), and the spent oil and grease had not been thrown indiscriminately into the watercourse.
ECONOMIC	Yield of all forest product	o   Production for Coupe 02BR started from October 2022 until end of August 2023.Out 0f 35 block, only 15 block successfully harvest with a total of 1,015 Ha had been harvested. o   Production for Coupe 03B started on January 2024 and still progressively on going.
	Costs and Productivity of forest management	o   Actual expenditure for year 2023 and budget for year 2024 have been prepared
	Efficiency of forest management	o   Evaluation between pre-felling inventory 100% enumeration and production of harvested area will be conducted end of the year. o   Production for Coupe 02BR started from October 2022 until end of August 2023.Out 0f 35 block, only 15 block successfully harvest with a total of 1,015 Ha had been harvested.
SOCIAL	Local communities
	Social impact	o   Potentially the FMU has a certain positive impact on the affected communities since FMU on going to maintain the Forest management certification where the FMU need to comply with all the principal. o   Local community within and adjacent FMU has feedback that the logging has negative impact to the community water supply.  However, monitoring on 13th -17th March 2023 show that the harvesting stage activity at Coupe 02BR & 03B not affected the water supply catchment where is surrounded by shifting agriculture area (SA) and hence this area not be disturbed by the logging activity. o   There also no water catchment local community that in the operation area (Coupe 02BR & 03B) o   Based community feedback and on-site monitoring on 13-17 March 2023 there also no any encroachment by harvesting activity to community SA, water catchments and burial site has been recorded.   o   For Coupe 02BR (Total 37 blocks). Thus, 15 blocks already have agreement and consent from the owner (local community within FMU) and FMU also already harvested and made compensation based on the agreement. o   Active Coupe 03B (32 Block), nine (9) blocks already endorse operation – 5- already have agreement and consent from the owner (local community within FMU). o   The local community that stays at long house were still engaged in forest related occupation such as Hunting, fishing and collect forest produce and sell it at longhouses, adjacent school, and Kapit. Other than that, they also engaged in farming as a mean of live- hood. They usually planted vegetable and fruit tree in small scale for own consumption and sale. o   Consultation and awareness program has been conducted to the local community within and adjacent FMU for year 2023.
	Forest Protection	o   Patrolling has been done to prevent encroachment to this area o   No encroachment has been recorded in year 2023
	Workers
	Safety and Health Committee	o   No accidents occurred until end of December 2023 o   Site inspections in for site have been done in 2023

Updated on May 2024