Conservation Strategies
Based on the identified critical threats, the MPCT had developed 20 relevant conservation strategies for FMU 10 (SFD 2008a). These strategies were the broad action paths necessary to abate critical threats and enhance the viability of conservation targets. These strategies had two broad objectives as follows (TNC 2001):
- Threat abatement: These strategies would eliminate active sources of stress thereby reducing subsequent stress in the conserving the targets and increasing their conservation viability.
- Ecological Management and Restoration: These strategies would directly eliminate stress affecting the targets and thereby enhancing the viability of conserving these targets.
The chosen strategies, therefore, were conservation activities deployed to abate on-going sources of stress (threat abatement) and persistent historical stresses (restoration). This step involved setting objectives, selecting strategic actions, and implementing an action plan for the conservation area (TNC 2003). In selecting the 20 conservation strategies, the MPCT had hoped they would fulfil the objectives of either abating or eliminating the conservation threats in FMU 10. There are 12 potential strategies were selected upon revision of the Conservation Area Management Plan (CAMP 2013-2022). These strategies were further assessed to determine the respective benefit -feasibility - cost rank. The 7 highest priority denoted as rank 1 would give the highest impact in reducing the threats and would relatively easy to implement that would also incur high an reasonable cost. The rest ranked as 2 and 3 would be the second and third priority respectively. The assessment of the revised conservation strategies is as indicated in table 3.
TABLE 3: Assessment of the Revised Conservation Strategies for FMU10
No. | Strategies for Threat Abatement and Restoration | Benefits | Feasibility | Cost | |||||||
Threat Abatement Benefit | Restoration Benefit | Leverage (Default: Low) | Overall Benefits | Lead Individual/ Institution | Ease of Implementation | Overall Feasibility | Overall Cost | ||||
| 1. | BOUNDARIES DEMARCATION AND MAINTENANCE | VERY HIGH | - | VERY HIGH | VERY HIGH | VERY HIGH | VERY HIGH | VERY HIGH | VERY HIGH | ||
| 2. | CONDUCT SURVEILLANCE ACTIVITIES | HIGH | - | VERY HIGH | VERY HIGH | VERY HIGH | VERY HIGH | VERY HIGH | VERY HIGH | ||
| 3. | FOREST RESTORATION | HIGH | VERY HIGH | VERY HIGH | VERY HIGH | VERY HIGH | VERY HIGH | VERY HIGH | VERY HIGH | ||
| 4. | FORMULATE SUITABLE VISITATION MECHANISM AND FLORA AND FAUNA COLLECTION PROCEDURE | HIGH | - | VERY HIGH | VERY HIGH | VERY HIGH | VERY HIGH | VERY HIGH | VERY LOW | ||
| 5. | UPGRADING AND MAINTENANCE OF RELEVANT INFRASTRUCTURE | HIGH | - | VERY HIGH | VERY HIGH | VERY HIGH | HIGH | VERY HIGH | VERY HIGH | ||
| 6. | IMPLEMENT RELEVANT COMMUNITY FORESTRY ACTIVITIES | VERY HIGH | - | VERY HIGH | VERY HIGH | VERY HIGH | VERY HIGH | VERY HIGH | HIGH | ||
| 7. | DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT CONTROLLED HUNTING PLAN IN ULU ROMPON AND ULU PANGAS | VERY HIGH | VERY HIGH | VERY HIGH | VERY HIGH | VERY HIGH | MEDIUM | HIGH | LOW | ||
| 8. | ESTABLISH COMMUNITY WOODLOTS IN STATELAND AREA IN TAMBUNAN ADJOINING FMU10 AREA | VERY HIGH | VERY HIGH | VERY HIGH | VERY HIGH | MEDIUM | MEDIUM | HIGH | HIGH | ||
9. | UNDERSTANDING OF THE TARGET SPECIES THROUGH:
| HIGH | HIGH | VERY HIGH | VERY HIGH | VERY HIGH | HIGH | HIGH | LOW | ||
10. | IMPLEMENT RELEVANT CONSERVATION AWARENESS PROGRAMMES INCLUDING WEBSITE MAINTENANCE | VERY HIGH | - | VERY HIGH | VERY HIGH | HIGH | LOW | HIGH | LOW | ||
11. | SCIENTIFIC / BIODIVERSITY STUDY | HIGH | - | HIGH | HIGH | HIGH | LOW | MEDIUM | MEDIUM | ||
12. | COLLABORATE WITH ADJACENT LAND OWNERS AT RELEVANT BOUNDARIES OF FMU10 | HIGH | - | LOW | MEDIUM | HIGH | LOW | MEDIUM | LOW | ||