Sarawak Planted Forest Sdn Bhd
Bintulu
Conversion of primary forest
As has been noted in the preceding section the natural forest within the LPF had been subjected to repeated heavy logging for almost forty years to the extent that no primary forest was known to remain at the time the LPF licence was issued – 1999. This means that no primary forest has been, or is still available to be, converted to ITP within the LPF area.
Land Use
SST holds a 60 year lease over land on which it is licensed to establish an ITP. The lease (LPF/0014) was issued on 27th January 1999. The leased land is in three discrete blocks some 15 to 35km south east of Bintulu, in the Bintulu District and Sebauh Sub-District of Bintulu Division. The three blocks are known individually as: the West, East and North blocks and are referred to as such in this management plan (see Map 1). The gross area is 10,908ha of which only 54% is productive ITP area. The unproductive balance is SA and protected SMZs.
As has been noted in the preceding section the natural forest within the LPF had been subjected to repeated heavy logging for almost forty years to the extent that no primary forest was known to remain at the time the LPF licence was issued – 1999. This means that no primary forest has been, or is still available to be, converted to ITP within the LPF area.
Land Use
SST holds a 60 year lease over land on which it is licensed to establish an ITP. The lease (LPF/0014) was issued on 27th January 1999. The leased land is in three discrete blocks some 15 to 35km south east of Bintulu, in the Bintulu District and Sebauh Sub-District of Bintulu Division. The three blocks are known individually as: the West, East and North blocks and are referred to as such in this management plan (see Map 1). The gross area is 10,908ha of which only 54% is productive ITP area. The unproductive balance is SA and protected SMZs.
Listening to Bee keeping
Iban Longhouse Chief from Tatau District. Bintulu - Sarawak
Pathways for Conflict Outcome / Response
In a memorandum to the authorities, communities demand that: (a)The Sarawak Forestry Department must urgently withdraw the plantation license (LPF001 / LPF043) for the Reforestation Project by Grand Perfect Sdn Bhd which is within our native customary territory. (b)The Bintulu Lands and Surveys Department must withdraw its notices requiring us to vacate our lands in the Sungai Satai and Sungai Binyo areas. (c)The Forestry Department must remove our customary territory from from the Sujan Forest Reserve. This is because the declaration of the forest reserve has violated our fundamental rights as natives of Sarawak. (d)The Sarawak State Government should provide for special protection for our customary land so that we can continue to practice our culture and tradition as Ibans. This is in line with the Governments ethical responsibility and fiduciary duties towards indigenous peoples. (e)The most important development we need right now is the construction of roads from Bintulu to our longhouses in Sungai Satai, Binyo, Pandan, hospitals, clinics, clean potable water and other amenities. These are some of the infrastructure that should be given to us and not the clearing of customary territories for acacia plantations which would bring about many problems and threaten our lives and livelihoods.
Tatau Longhouse Chief Signing Beekeeping Proposal
Hives in the Acacia Plantation - Bintulu, Sarawak.
Abandoned hives
Remaining Honey bees - apis cerana
Iban Longhouse Chiefs from Tatau District, Bintulu, Sarawak