Video: Kuba’an Puak Corridor Project in Sarawak
We are happy to present the video about our work on sustainable forest management in East Malaysia. It summarises the community activities as well as our future plan – going forward, which includes:
- strengthen collaboration with key partners,
- enhance and empower local communities in co-stewardship,
- establish market links for local products,
- maintain ecosystems – through replanting rattan and sago,
- and create alternative food sources (improve farming practices and introduce tagang).
Enjoy watching:
Kuba’an-Puak Coffee Table Book
We are happy to present a new book that tells a story of the people and their livelihoods, as well as the wonders of nature in Kuba’an-Puak corridor. It showcases the people’s hopes and dreams for their future generations.
Kubaan-Puak Community Representative Committee (CRC) Bonding Day
Semi-nomadic Penan community from different villages in Kubaan-Puak, Ulu Tutoh, Sarawak had a whale of a time in the first community bonding day (telematics) held by Kubaan-Puak Community Representative Committee (CRC) and WWF-Malaysia. The event – featuring traditional and contemporary games – was held a day after the CRC had its first annual general meeting.
(Video by Chan Yee Zen)
The Kubaan-Puak Landscape
Mountains, ©WWF-Malaysia/Mazidi Abdul Ghani
Kuba'an Puak forests ©WWF-Malaysia/Mazidi Abdul Ghani
©WWF-Malaysia/Alfred Keleman
©WWF-Malaysia/Jaynsen Sibat
Kuba'an Puak Landscape, ©WWF-Malaysia/Mazidi Abdul Ghani
Kuba'an Puak Landscape, ©WWF-Malaysia/Jaynsen Sibat
Flora and fauna
White-crowned hornbill (Aceros comatus), a species
that prefers the middle and lower forest storey.
©WWF-Malaysia/Mohd. Khairulazman Sulaiman
File-eared tree frog (Polypedates otilophus).
©Sarawak Forestry Corporation/Rambli Ahmad
Rhizanthes sp., the flower that is related to the
Rafflesia family. A cluster of this flower is found at
the Batang Berselem area.
©Sarawak Forestry Corporation/Rambli Ahmad
A school of semah.
©WWF-Malaysia/Alfred Keleman
Tapang (Koompassia excelsa). ©WWF-Malaysia/Zora Chan
Rhacophorus pardalis, the Harlequin tree frog, an indicator of good forest cover. ©Sarawak Forestry Corporation/Rambli Ahmad
The Penan people
Portrait of a Penan lady, ©WWF-Malaysia/Jaynsen Sibat
Fishing was not part of Penan lifestyle in the past but now it is quite common. A villager, Andrew Nyipin from Long Si’ang, catching fish along Tutoh River. ©WWF-Malaysia/Jaynsen Sibat
©WWF-Malaysia/Alfred Keleman
The paddy fields are normally ready for planting in September and harvest is in February or March. ©WWF-Malaysia/Emmy Goh
A Penan Couple, ©WWF-Malaysia/Jaynsen Sibat
©WWF-Malaysia/Alfred Keleman
Sago processing, ©WWF-Malaysia/Aimi Hafiza Abdul Gaffar
Penan, ©WWF-Malaysia/Nur Efarinna Jali