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Moving beyond rhetoric: The need for participatory forest management with the Jakun of South-East Pahang, Malaysia

Gill, S.K., and Ross, W.H., and Panya, O. , (2009) Moving beyond rhetoric: The need for participatory forest management with the Jakun of South-East Pahang, Malaysia. Journal of Tropical Forest Science, 21 (2). pp. 123-138. ISSN 0128-1283

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Official URL: http://info.frim.gov.my/cfdocs/infocenter/jtfsonline/jtfs/v21n2/123-138.pdf

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Mahidol University, Thailand. Faculty of Environment and Resource Studies
Mahidol University, Thailand. Faculty of Environment and Resource Studies
Mahidol University, Thailand. Faculty of Environment and Resource Studies

Abstract

Centralized forest management is widely regarded as the catalyst for large-scale forest degradation and the loss of access, use and management rights of forest dependent communities. Forest dependent communities are often regarded as impediments to conservation and left out in sustainable forest management initiatives. This paper is a critique of the effects of centralization and alternative livelihood projects under the guise of conservation in a Jakun community of South-East Pahang, Malaysia. This case study revealed that economic pragmatism takes precedence over conservation in light of decreased autonomy over their traditional resources and rapid socio-economic changes which not only severely impedes their means to secure basic needs, but also their ability and desire to utilize forest resources in a sustainable manner. Therefore, there is an increasing need for local peoples to be involved in the management of their resources to maintain ecological integrity and to meet their subsistence needs. The findings justify the need for forest management units in South-East Pahang to develop a framework that addresses the rights of the Jakun to access, use and manage natural resources, which is a vital precondition for social justice to seek a common ground for sustainable forest management.

Item Type:Journal
Additional Information:The first author sincerely thanks the community of Kampung Simpai, the UNDP/GEF Peat Swamp Forest Project and the EC-UNDP SGP PTF for their kind assistance and support during the course of this study. She also thanks the Pahang Economic Planning Unit (EPU) for granting her permission to conduct field work among the Jakun communities in South-East Pahang. She is especially indebted to Mahidol University, Thailand for providing a generous grant for the fieldwork.
Keywords:Alternative livelihood, centralization, co-management, conservation, Orang Asli, sustainable forest management
Subjects:S Agriculture, Forestry
ID Code:6499

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