Publication: Moving Beyond Rhetoric: The Need for Participatory Forest Management with the Jakun of South-East Pahang, Malaysia
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2015-08-15
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eng
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0128-1283
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Mahidol University.
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Forest Research Institute Malaysia
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Journal of Tropical Forest Science. Vol.2, (2009). 123-139.
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Gill, S. K, Ross, W. H, Panya, O. Moving Beyond Rhetoric: The Need for Participatory Forest Management with the Jakun of South-East Pahang, Malaysia. Journal of Tropical Forest Science. Vol.2, (2009). 123-139.. Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/48734
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Moving Beyond Rhetoric: The Need for Participatory Forest Management with the Jakun of South-East Pahang, Malaysia
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Abstract
Centralized forest management is widely
regarded as the catalyst for large-scale forest degradation and the loss of access, use and management rights
of forest dependent communities. Forest dependent communities are often regarded as impediments to
conservation and left out in sustainable forest management initiatives. This paper is a critique of the effects
of centralization and alternative livelihood projects under the guise of conservation in a Jakun community
of South-East Pahang, Malaysia. This case study revealed that economic pragmatism takes precedence over
conservation in light of decreased autonomy over their traditional resources and rapid socio-economic
changes which not only severely impedes their means to secure basic needs, but also their ability and desire
to utilize forest resources in a sustainable manner. Therefore, there is an increasing need for local peoples
to be involved in the management of their resources to maintain ecological integrity and to meet their
subsistence needs. The findings justify the need for forest management units in South-East Pahang to develop
a framework that addresses the rights of the Jakun to access, use and manage natural resources, which is a
vital precondition for social justice to seek a common ground for sustainable forest management.