REPORT BY MALAYSIA

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REPORT BY MALAYSIA
GTRP IMPLEMENTATION PLAN 2013-14 BANGKOK,
THAILAND 10 MARCH 2013
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AGENDA 1 STRENGTHEN FRONTLINERS

• The new Wildlife Conservation Act enforced in
  2011
• Poaching of tiger max US166,000 and 5 years
  imprisonment
• MIST based enforcement being implemented at
  Taman Negara NP and Endau Rompin NP by DWNP with
  the assistance of WCS, WWF MYCAT
• MIST based patrol and 1NRE interagency patrols
  to be expanded at 3 priority tiger habitats in
  2014-15
• Additional staffing for DWNP in 2014 for law
  enforcement and Tiger Unit

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AGENDA 2 CONSERVE TIGER HABITAT DEVELOPMENT OF
ECOLOGICAL CORRIDORS

• Tiger habitats mainstreamed into national spatial
  plan Central Forest Spine (CFS)
• Protecting priority tiger habitats
• Linking the priority tiger habitats
• with rest of the tiger landscape
• Developing 2 ecological corridors with 4
  wildlife viaducts for safe movement of wildlife
  including tigers in 2014-15

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DEVELOPMENT OF ECOLOGICAL CORRIDORS

• 2ND ECOLOGICAL CORRIDOR
• 3 Wildlife Viaducts being built
• Linking Taman Negara NP with western forest
  complex
• Cost US28 million
• Implementation 2012- 2014

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TITIWANGSA
TAMAN NEGARA
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DEVELOPMENT OF ECOLOGICAL CORRIDORS

• 3RD ECOLOGICAL CORRIDOR
• 1 Wildlife Viaduct being designed
• Linking Belum State Park with southern forest
  complex
• 19 Feb 2013 CFS Perak State Conference State
  Government announced the designation of 20,000ha
  along highway as corridor
• Monitoring of tiger and wildlife by DWNP WWFM
  
• Habitat enrichment by Forestry Department
• Integrated Enforcement
• Cost US18 million by Ministry of Natural
  Resources and Environment (NRE) Malaysia
• Implementation 2013-15

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MONITORING TIGER POPULATION AT BELUM CORRIDOR
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INCORPORATING SGI FEATURES AT BELUM

• Feb 2013 Engineering design presented
• Late 2013 Construction starts

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AGENDA 3 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

• 2013 about 100 locals will be trained as
  licensed nature guides for parks
• Funding US70,000 from the Ministry of Tourism
  Malaysia

AGENDA 4 COLLABORATION AMONG TRCs

• Belum State Park in Malaysia and Hala Bala PA
  in Thailand has been identified as trans-boundary
  PA
• To be strengthened under the GEF funded PA
  Project in 2013-14

AGENDA 6 ACCELERATE FUNDING

• Government US45 million for Ecological
  corridor US1.5 million for tiger survey at
  Taman Negara NP
• UNDP GEF Funding for PA US5.6 million 2013-2019
  for CFS US9.6 million and expected to commence
  in 2014
• WWF-M and WCS-M sourcing funding for national
  tiger survey in 2014-15

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THANK YOU TERIMA KASIH