PROTECTION
Forest Protection | Forest Fire Monitoring
The protection unit was formed to prevent, monitor and control encroachments within the project area, such as illegal felling, illegal cultivation, illegal occupation, forest fire and poaching. Patrolling is done by ground patrol, river patrol and aerial surveillance. Illegal felling along the boundaries is still detected in small scale.
Figure 1: Location of Forest Checking Stations (FCS) within Ulu Segama-Malua SFM 
Figure 2: Frequency of patrolling activity and poaching activity within Ulu Segama-Malua SFM area in 2017 
Figure 3: Frequency of patrolling activity and poaching activity within Ulu Segama-Malua SFM area since 2015 
In 2017, no illegal timber felling was recorded within the project area. Anti-Poaching Task Force at departmental (i.e. Ulu Segama-Malua and Lahad Datu Districts) and inter agencies (i.e. Police, Yayasan Sabah, Sabah Wildlife Department) were constantly executed to combat poaching activities. SFD has identified and dismantled three (3) access roads that are believed to be actively used by poachers to enter at the southern part of Ulu Segama Forest Reserve i.e. Compartments 271, 294 and 318. The dismantling works commenced with great cooperation by the neighboring oil palm plantations. For patrolling activities, at least 188 days of patrol efforts were carried out throughout the year and identified seven (7) signs of poaching activities (Figure 2). Two (2) incidents were recorded in January, February and December and one (1) in July. Graph in Figure 3 shows that increase of patrolling frequency by 4 activities and an increased number of poaching incidents by 3 cases compared to 2016.
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| Dismantling access road at the South-West Ulu Segama Forest Reserve i.e. Compartment 133 which are believed regularly used by poachers to enter forest reserves illegally | |
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| Routine inspections and dismantling illegal access road at the Southern Ulu Segama Forest Reserve i.e. Compartment 294 (left) and Cpt.271 (right) |
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| Boundary inspection at the North Ulu Segama Forest Reserve bordering to AAP plantation (left) and Southern Ulu Segama FR bordering to Dewata Plantation (right) | |
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| Joint night patrolling with WWF-Malaysia under the Anti-Poaching Task Force initiative | |
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| Joint patrolling with MCEE Tawau via Anti-Poaching Task Force initiative | |
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| Boundary checking (Southern Ulu Segama Forest Reserve) and river inspection (Sg Segama at the Northern Ulu Segama Forest Reserve) via aerial survey |
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| River patrolling along Sg. Segama and Sg. Bole | |
Threatened & Endangered Species (Orang Utan) - based on Aerial and Ground Survey
Rare,Threatened & Endangered Ecosystems (lowland dipterocarp forest)