kulim (m) berhad - official website wildlife conflict mitigation and... · kulim (m) berhad –...

KULIM (M) BERHAD

KULIM (M) BERHAD – A SNAPSHOT

KULIM (M) BERHAD - A SNAPSHOT

KULIM (M) BERHAD – OPERATION & BUSINESS

• Plantations is main profit centre, hence Kulim’s profitability intimately tied to CPO price

• Intrapreneur ventures, property investment & existing mid-stream oil & gas operations (e.g. EA Technique) are small contributors

• Now, taking a foot-hold in upstream O&G ventures in Indonesia via participation in Exploration and Production

• Concentrated at southern tip of Peninsular • 44% of planted area of ~47k ha below prime production ages • Replanting is progressing on ~14-15% of planted area • Poised for FFB production growth in coming years

KULIM (M) BERHAD - PLANTATIONS - MALAYSIA

PLANTATION ASSETS

• 50,999 ha (47,010 ha planted with oil palm)

• 24 estates and 5 palm oil mills

• Purchase annually about 400 mt (42%) of FFB from external growers – RSPO certified since Jan 09

SUPPORT & OTHER ACTIVITIES

• Management agency - managing plantations of Johor Corporation & its other subsidiaries (8,984.61 ha of planted area)

• Plant breeding, tissue culture palms facility and R&D

We believe that work towards profitability and growth has to be guided by a commitment towards building a fair, ethical and responsible company. Our overall business strategy adheres to the principles of sustainable development, balancing

considerations for People, Planet and Profit.

KULIM (M) BERHAD – SUSTAINABILITY COMMITMENTS

AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS

AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS

RSPO Principles and Criteria

KULIM HIGH CONSERVATION VALUE (HCV) AREA

KULIM’S SET ASIDE AREA FOR CONSERVATION (DEC 2015)

[CELLRANGE],

[VALUE] [CELLRANGE],

[VALUE]

[CELLRANGE],

[VALUE]

[CELLRANGE],

[VALUE]

[CELLRANGE],

[VALUE]

[CELLRANGE],

[VALUE]

Note : A total of 569.83 ha of set aside area in Kulim Plantation

ORIGINS

• member of ROYAL JOHOR PLANTERS ASSOCIATION collaborate with Mergastua on issue of elephant encroachment at new planting area.

• Erected electric fencing/ cannon

• Funded the transportation cost for elephant relocation exercise to Endau-Rompin National Park. NO HUNTING inside the plantation area.

• Set aside un-plantable area

Early 1980’s

POLICY

NO HUNTING

DEFINITION : HUMAN WILD-LIFE CONFLICT

“Human-Wildlife conflict is an interaction between

humans and wildlife that results in negative impacts on

human social, economic or cultural life, on the

conservation of wildlife populations or on the

environment”

WWF

“Human-wildlife conflict occurs when the need and behavior

of wildlife impact negatively on the goals of human or when

The goals of humans negatively impact the needs of wildlife”

WWF

Wildlife in our landscape

“Though the weather and season (outside the migratory birds season)

was often not so conducive for spotting wildlife, most estates had a fair

amount of wildlife present.

Over the course of the one-day field visits only a few larger mammals

were observed inside the estates (Spectacled Langur: Mungka; Pig-

tailed Macaque: Kemedak, Bkt Payung; Long-tailed Macaque:

everywhere except Bkt Kelompok, Mungka, Siang), Young and juveniles

were noted for Wild Boar, Long-tailed Macaque, and Spectacled Langur

(though only across the boundary river, outside Bukit Payung).

Tracks or sightings of Elephant, Tiger and Tapir were seen or reported

from Bkt Payung, Pasir Logok, Pasir Panjang, Siang (though not since

2006, when reportedly the last one was caught and relocated), Sungai

Papan, and Tunjuk Laut. These are in essence temporal/occasional in

nature, usually near estate boundaries, and likely the result of external

pressure to relocate due to habitat destruction rather then indicative of

permanent residency (Bkt Payung, Pasir Panjang, Tunjuk Laut).”

KULIM RBA

ESTATE NEAREST FOREST

SELAI LABIS FOREST RESERVE

SINDORA GUNUNG BERLUMUT FOREST

RESERVE

PASIR LOGOK HUTAN MUKIM KAMBAU

(LOCAL NAME)

SIANG ULU SEDILI FOREST RESERVE

REM PANTI FOREST RESERVE

BASIR ISMAIL PANTI FOREST RESERVE

SG TAWING LABIS FOREST RESERVE

KULIM PLANTATION BORDER WITH FOREST RESERVE

SOME OF KULIM’S OIL PALM ESTATES BORDER TAMAN NEGARA ENDAU – ROMPIN (PETA)

KULIM PLANTATION BORDER WITH FOREST RESERVE

KULIM WILDLIFE DEFENDERS - TIGERS FOREVER PROJECT

The initiative begun after KULIM (M) BERHAD was approached by Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS-Malaysia Program) to involve in TIGER FOREVER project. This project is to ensure tigers live in the wild forever and one of the site is the Endau Rompin National Park which is also near to Kulim plantation area in Johor.

KULIM WILDLIFE DEFENDERS TIGERS FOREVER PROJECT

2008 - Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS-Malaysia Program) approached us for the TIGER FOREVER project in 2008.

May 13, 2008 - Meeting with Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and the Johor National Parks Corporation (JNPC) for the project "Tiger Forever" and "Elephant Human Conflict"

at Tereh Mill.

KULIM WILDLIFE DEFENDERS TIGERS FOREVER PROJECT

KULIM COMMITEMENT TO JWCP PROJECT…surrounding our oil palm estates

KULIM WILDLIFE DEFENDERS (KWD) WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2008 TO ASSIST JOHOR NATIONAL PARK CORP. (JNPC) & WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY (WCS) IN THE “TIGERS FOREVER”

PROJECT AT TAMAN NEGARA ENDAU – ROMPIN (PETA)

LAUNCHED : JUNE 2009 BY SULTAN JOHOR “To help balance development & conservation

and protect the region’s Asian Elephants, Malayan Tigers and other threatened species”

KULIM WAS MADE AS ONE OF

THE PARTNERS IN THE “JOHOR

WILDLIFE CONSERVATION

PROJECT” IN JUNE 2009.

KWD AWARENESS, PATROLLING AND ENFORCEMENT

KWD – MOBILE PATROLLING CHECK POINT AT KULIM

No Kulim Estate Border To

Forest (PRF etc.)

No Of Security Guard

No Of Boundary Check Point

1 SINDORA 18 18

2 TEREH UTARA 5 5

3 TAWING 6 11

4 SELAI 5 6

5 ENGGANG 4 6

6 MUTIARA 9 1

7 SG SEMBRONG 3 8

8 UMAC 6 6

1 SIANG/BALAU 13 6

2 TUNJUK LAUT 6 11

3 BUKIT PAYONG 6 0

4 PASIR PANJANG 8 6

5 PASIR LOGOK 5 5

6 BUKIT KELOMPOK 7 2

TOTAL 101 91

TO ASSIST IN PREVENTING ILLEGAL WILDLIFE POACHING, KWD CONSTRUCTED A STATIC POST AT KG ORANG ASLI SG PEROH, KAHANG (ENTRANCE TO TAMAN NEGARA ENDAU – ROMPIN, PETA) IN JUNE 2009.

KMB : HUMAN - WILDLIFE (ELEPHANT) CONFLICT

JOINT WORK WITH WCS TEAM (LED BY DR MARTIN TYSON) TO MANAGE HUMAN ELEPHANT CONFLICT (HEC) AT THE SG TAWING ESTATE – ACQUIRED BY KULIM IN SEPT 2009.

Chronic elephant problem:

Elephants were coming into the

plantation area from Labis Forest

Reserve (NW & SW), peat swamp

(NW) into Bukit Chucuk (shaded area

in green)

KMB : HUMAN - WILDLIFE (ELEPHANT) CONFLICT

In July 2010, WCS-Malaysia collaborated with Kulim (M) Berhad to implement a monitoring system of the electric fence that being erected along side the perimeter trenching.

Location:

The perimeter of the electric fence to be

monitored is shown in the map. The path

was chosen based on existing Kulim’s

elephant incursion records.

KMB : HUMAN - WILDLIFE (ELEPHANT) CONFLICT

.

HEC - ELECTRIC FENCE MONITORING

Initial Monitoring Schedule implemented

• Establishment of monitoring team of 2 – 4 person to walk

the fence line every 3 days

• Locate elephant signs (tracks/dung/trails) & record location

using GPS

• Record any visible damage to the fence, vegetation

touching the fence wires, wire breaks, sparking

• Measure and record the fence voltage at energizers will

also be measured

Photo credit : WCS

PLANTATION AREAS AFFECTED BY HUMAN – ELEPHANT CONFLICT (HEC) SG TAWING AND SINDORA ESTATE

PLANTATION AREAS AFFECTED BY HUMAN – ELEPHANT CONFLICT (HEC) SIANG AND TUNJUK LAUT ESTATE

PLANTATION AREAS AFFECTED BY HUMAN – ELEPHANT CONFLICT (HEC) SELAI ESTATE

PLANTATION AREAS AFFECTED BY HUMAN – ELEPHANT CONFLICT (HEC) REM & BASIR ISMAIL ESTATE

HEC - CASES

1 1

5

2

4

5

11

3

1 1 1

2

6

3

1 1

5

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Selai Sindora Tunjuk Laut Pasir Logok Sungai Tawing Basir Ismail REM Siang

KMB : HUMAN - WILDLIFE (ELEPHANT) CONFLICT

ELECTRIC FENCES AND DITCHES

To DECREASE the extent of HEC in the plantation and to avoid further elephant translocations.

Electric fence acts as a physical and psychological barrier with the voltage, pulsed current provides short for the elephants but will not cause any physical harm.

PLANTATION AREAS AFFECTED BY HUMAN – ELEPHANT CONFLICT (HEC) SINDORA ESTATE

Ditches act as a physical barrier to prevent elephants from crossing the boundary

Problem: Erosion and caving-in of the walls

LADANG SINDORA 20.5.2014

TRANSLOCATION

PRESENCE OF ELEPHANT

PALM DAMAGES

PALM DAMAGES

OPERATING UNIT (ESTATE) TOTAL PALM

DAMAGES LOSSES (RM)

TUNJUK LAUT 9462 2 838 600

SINDORA 8253 2 475 900

SG TAWING 732 219 600

SIANG 341 102 300

SELAI 125 37 500

BASIR ISMAIL 44 13 200

REM 5 1500

18 962 5 688 600

Palm Damages and Losses

2012 - 2016

LOSS OF WILDLIFE

P86B/1 LADANG SINDORA 24.1.2012

PRESENCE OF ELEPHANT