Documentary video about the works WWF-Malaysia is doing in Kinabatangan. It shows what are the sustainable issues in Kinabatangan and how WWF-Malaysia engages with the various stakeholders to address the problem.
Being a pioneer tour guide, I've seen what Sukau was before tourist came in droves. My pal Cede Prudente used to swim the tiny Menanggol river to cross over to our lodge just near the river mouth. Encroachement of Proboschis Monkeys natural habitat by Oil Palm Estates increase daily. Just walk behind the trees beside the river and you'll discover the real inconvenient truth. What you see is purely cosmetics! Can Sabah government succeed on its objective to preserve wildlife?
This video forgets to mention one endangered species, "Borneo rhino". In addition, we must stop the Western demands of softwood and hardwood for thrive on furniture, building materials or musical instruments.
Very good and educational video. However, WWF should have taken action on deforestation earlier. Now, most of the Sabah forest are cut down for building, oil palm plantation, agriculture and roads. Sabah has landslide and flooding whenever in the monsoon season. The Kinabatangan flooding helps to provide the nutrients to the trees very much alike the Amazon River.
The local inhabitants and the people of Sabah in future will pay a heavy price for the sake of increasing global demand for Bio-Fuel so, more solutions of the environment should be needed rather than promotion of the State tourism or Bio-Fuel Industry.
In just two decades, the oil palm industry grew and contributed more for the total destruction of the forest and limiting growth of wildlide population in the area. I thank the WWF effort, the Partners for Wetlands Program, the Forestry Department and the Oil Palm plantations for the effort however, time is running out.
When I went, I didn't see any pygmy elephants or rhinos :(
GiuseppinaBA 3 years ago
Being a pioneer tour guide, I've seen what Sukau was before tourist came in droves. My pal Cede Prudente used to swim the tiny Menanggol river to cross over to our lodge just near the river mouth. Encroachement of Proboschis Monkeys natural habitat by Oil Palm Estates increase daily. Just walk behind the trees beside the river and you'll discover the real inconvenient truth. What you see is purely cosmetics! Can Sabah government succeed on its objective to preserve wildlife?
hellcountry 3 years ago
This video forgets to mention one endangered species, "Borneo rhino". In addition, we must stop the Western demands of softwood and hardwood for thrive on furniture, building materials or musical instruments.
iamverycrazyboi 3 years ago
Very good and educational video. However, WWF should have taken action on deforestation earlier. Now, most of the Sabah forest are cut down for building, oil palm plantation, agriculture and roads. Sabah has landslide and flooding whenever in the monsoon season. The Kinabatangan flooding helps to provide the nutrients to the trees very much alike the Amazon River.
iamverycrazyboi 3 years ago
The local inhabitants and the people of Sabah in future will pay a heavy price for the sake of increasing global demand for Bio-Fuel so, more solutions of the environment should be needed rather than promotion of the State tourism or Bio-Fuel Industry.
TigaLima555 3 years ago
In just two decades, the oil palm industry grew and contributed more for the total destruction of the forest and limiting growth of wildlide population in the area. I thank the WWF effort, the Partners for Wetlands Program, the Forestry Department and the Oil Palm plantations for the effort however, time is running out.
TigaLima555 3 years ago
40 years ago, I grew up in Kinabatangan area where wildlife, flora and fauna was in abundance.
TigaLima555 3 years ago