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Forest
licences are issued under Section 24 of
the Forest Enactment 1968. As a requirement
of the licence conditions, coupe permits
are issued to licensees subscribing to
Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) under
the Sustainable Forest Management Licence
Agreement (SFMLA).
In
2006, the department issued 62 coupe permits
covering 85,043 hectares under the SFMLA.
Of these, 11,001 hectares were for agro-forestry
programs and 2,638 hectares were issued
for the helicopter logging operations.
In the same year, 13 Form 1 licenses with
a total of 14,868 hectares were also issued.
The
coupe permits were issued to the SFMLA
holders for allowing them to carry out
various management activities such as:
•
Harvesting and Silvicultural Tending Treatments.
•
Industrial Tree Plantations.
•
Forest Restoration and Enrichment Planting.
•
Agro-Forestry establishment.
•
Nursery Development.
•
Helicopter Logging / Eco-logging.
•
Animal Husbandry.
The
coupe permits issued were in compliance
with the licence agreement meant for systematic
harvesting with Reduced Impact Logging
(RIL) techniques, silvicultural treatment,
industrial timber plantation development,
and forest restoration/enrichment planting.
These management activities are monitored
and administered by the District Forestry
Officers.
In
2006, 334 Form IIB licences were issued
involving an area of 58,890 hectares,
as indicated in the following table.
The issuance of Form IIB Licences is important
as logs produced from this type of licence
supplements the needs for the raw material
supply for the wood-based industries in
Sabah, in order to sustain their operations.
Similarly, it also helps to promote the
economy of the ‘small-scale’
timber operators in Sabah. Form
IIB licences are issued for the purpose
of removing felled logs from alienated
lands during land clearing activities
and, they are assessed for royalty and
other charges by Sabah Forestry Department
staff before they can be removed from
the respective land. Essentially,
royalty and other charges collected from
logs under Form IIB licences, add to the
coffer of the State government.
Form
2B Issuance: 2006
District |
Total
Number of Form 2B Licenses |
Area
(ha.) |
Number
of Logs |
Volume
(m3) |
Pulpwood
(tonnes) |
Mangrove
(Running Meter) |
Nabawan |
24
|
2,055.88
|
9,517
|
16,271.62
|
|
|
Tongod |
20
|
4,372.38
|
119,658
|
23,237.11
|
|
|
Ranau |
44
|
960.74
|
15,987
|
30,901.46
|
|
|
Lahad
Datu |
9
|
216.38
|
3,764
|
5,840.06
|
|
|
Beluran |
19
|
2,211.92
|
17,943
|
32,321.65
|
|
|
Keningau |
16
|
1,133.09
|
2,940
|
4,109.84
|
|
|
Pitas |
11
|
794.81
|
3,137
|
10,900.58
|
|
|
Kota
Kinabalu |
18
|
184.62
|
3,266
|
7,580.86
|
|
|
Kota
Kinabatangan |
15
|
1,553.09
|
9,931
|
12,552.33
|
|
|
Telupid |
5
|
1,153.18
|
2,246
|
2,948.75
|
|
|
Kudat |
1
|
7,922.00
|
|
158,440.00
|
|
|
Sandakan
|
11
|
252.60
|
2,220
|
2,984.26
|
|
|
Sipitang |
15
|
794.54
|
1,366
|
9,069.58
|
139,462.00
|
|
Sook |
18
|
993.97
|
6,950
|
9,685.10
|
|
|
Kota
Marudu |
5
|
2,220.13
|
1,818
|
3,788.18
|
|
|
Kalabakan |
46
|
19,186.58
|
55,474
|
86,074.09
|
|
|
Beaufort |
27
|
1,043.74
|
10,584
|
14,296.87
|
|
|
Tenom |
2
|
9.28
|
268
|
740.22
|
|
|
Tibow |
9
|
563.77
|
4,963
|
8,589.30
|
|
|
Tambunan |
4
|
165.92
|
3,528
|
3,454.67
|
|
|
Tawau |
5
|
647.02
|
4,281
|
3,952.82
|
|
|
Semporna |
4
|
3.76
|
1,018
|
2.76
|
|
3,840
|
Serudong |
1
|
74.79
|
371
|
186.28
|
|
|
Kunak |
3
|
36.11
|
1,094
|
744.13
|
|
|
Deramakot |
2
|
10,340.50
|
4,066
|
1,150.56
|
|
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Total |
334
|
58,890.80
|
286,390
|
449,823.08
|
139,462.00
|
3,840 |
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