Human wildlife conflict in Tabin Wildlife Reserve, Lahad Datu, Sabah
Tabin Wildlife Reserve is almost al/ surrounded by the rapid development of oil palm plantation. Inevitably, the freedom and space for survival of many wild animals in the reserve are being questioned. The availability of food from oil palm plantation attracted wild animals to visit the estate a...
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| Language: | English |
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2006
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| Online Access: | https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/19293/1/Human%20wildlife%20conflict%20in%20Tabin%20Wildlife%20Reserve.pdf |
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| Summary: | Tabin Wildlife Reserve is almost al/ surrounded by the rapid
development of oil palm plantation. Inevitably, the freedom and
space for survival of many wild animals in the reserve are being
questioned. The availability of food from oil palm plantation
attracted wild animals to visit the estate area to forage there. The
study was done mainly to identify the possible existence of
conflict between people around Tabin Wildlife Reserve and the
wildlife. The study involved villagers living adjacent to the Reserve
boundary. By a similar aim of using questionnaire, estate workers
were asked to fill in questionnaires while the villagers were
interviewed directly. The human-wildlife conflict in TWR was
identified based on the existence of crop raiding. Increased
monetary losses and number of recorded intrusion as well as
respondent's perception on wildlife raiding supported the
existence of the conflict. Whereas, socio-demographic factor, viz:
job grouping and work responsibility are the factors that influence
respondent to say that they have problem with animals. The result
showed that of 42 estate workers, 30 of them responded to the
existence of conflict between people with wildlife in TWR. To the
estate worker, crop raiding are the main problem for them. As for
the 26 villagers interviewed, a safety concern from pirates and
wild animals are their main threats. Four main pest crops
identified were elephant, wildboar, rats and macaques (long-tailed
and pig-tailed macaque). The average crop damage, mainly from
elephant was about RM3403 per month for elephant in the estate,
while the villagers estimated around RM100 per month mainly
caused by wildboar and other smaller pests. Several conflict
resolutions were suggested through this study. These include
doing conservation-based project with local communities,
maintaining physical approaches and practicing benefit-sharing
activities. |
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