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REPORT BY MALAYSIA REPORT BY MALAYSIA

GTRP IMPLEMENTATION PLAN 2013-14 BANGKOK, THAILAND

10 MARCH 2013

AGENDA 1: STRENGTHEN FRONTLINERS

The new Wildlife Conservation Act enforced in 2011 Poaching of tiger: max US$166,000 and 5 years imprisonment

MIST based enforcement being implemented at Taman Negara NP and Endau Rompin NP by DWNP with the assistance of WCS, WWF & MYCAT

MIST based patrol and 1NRE interagency patrols to be expanded at 3 priority tiger habitats in 2014-15

Additional staffing for DWNP in 2014 for law enforcement and Tiger Unit

•Tiger habitats mainstreamed into national Tiger habitats mainstreamed into national spatial plan – Central Forest Spine (CFS) spatial plan – Central Forest Spine (CFS) •Protecting priority tiger habitats Protecting priority tiger habitats • Linking the priority tiger habitats Linking the priority tiger habitats • with rest of the tiger landscape with rest of the tiger landscape • Developing 2 ecological corridors with 4 Developing 2 ecological corridors with 4 wildlife viaducts for safe movement of wildlife wildlife viaducts for safe movement of wildlife including tigers in 2014-15 including tigers in 2014-15

Straits of Malacca

Straits of Malacca

South China SeaSouth China Sea

AGENDA 2: CONSERVE TIGER HABITAT DEVELOPMENT OF ECOLOGICAL CORRIDORS

TAMAN NEGARATITIWANGSA 2

DEVELOPMENT OF ECOLOGICAL CORRIDORSDEVELOPMENT OF ECOLOGICAL CORRIDORS

2ND ECOLOGICAL CORRIDOR • 3 Wildlife Viaducts being built• Linking Taman Negara NP with western forest complex • Cost: US$28 million • Implementation 2012- 2014

3RD ECOLOGICAL CORRIDOR • 1 Wildlife Viaduct being designed • Linking Belum State Park with southern forest complex • 19 Feb 2013: CFS Perak State Conference – State Government announced the designation of 20,000ha along highway as corridor• Monitoring of tiger and wildlife by DWNP & WWFM • Habitat enrichment by Forestry Department • Integrated Enforcement • Cost: US$18 million by Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (NRE) Malaysia • Implementation: 2013-15

DEVELOPMENT OF ECOLOGICAL CORRIDORSDEVELOPMENT OF ECOLOGICAL CORRIDORS

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• Minimum specification of wildlife viaducts

• Length : 60m and height: 8m

• Near existing wildlife crossings

• Habitat enrichment needed

Ground level

Viaduct Column

Minimum Height- 8

meters

30 meters 30 meters

INCORPORATING SGI FEATURES AT BELUM

• Feb 2013: Engineering design presented• Late 2013: Construction starts

AGENDA 3: COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

2013: about 100 locals will be trained as licensed nature guides for parks Funding: US$70,000 from the Ministry of Tourism Malaysia

Belum State Park in Malaysia and Hala Bala PA in Thailand has been identified as trans-boundary PA To be strengthened under the GEF funded PA Project in 2013-14

AGENDA 4: COLLABORATION AMONG TRCs

AGENDA 6: ACCELERATE FUNDING

Government: US$45 million for Ecological corridor; US$1.5 million for tiger survey at Taman Negara NP UNDP GEF Funding for PA US5.6 million 2013-2019; for CFS US$9.6 million and expected to commence in 2014 WWF-M and WCS-M sourcing funding for national tiger survey in 2014-15

THANK YOU TERIMA KASIH