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3. PLANTATION’S ACTION PLAN

Promoting Conservation and Sustainable Land Use Rehabilitation of riparian reserves

• Conducting a series of workshops to raise awareness on the use • Stakeholder initiate collaborative efforts with

of Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) as a management tool. plantation owners to rehabilitate damaged riparian

• promoting better land use planning is through a series of seminars reserves.

designed to raise the level of awareness on the use of the EIA for • “Gotong royong” approach might be adopted whereby

facilitating more sustainable and appropriate land use decisions. each company commits to rehabilitate the riparian

• Government agencies to have closer rapport with the oil palm reserve along its boundary could be considered

industry with a view to establishing partnerships in working on

win-win solutions in respect of sustainable development and

management of oil palms. Potential partners include the

Malaysian Palm Oil Association (MPOA), the Malaysian Palm Oil

Board (MPOB), Incorporated Society of Planters (ISP) and the

East Malaysia Planters Association (EMPA).

• Remote sensing could be a useful tool to monitor land use

changes as well as to assess the impact of these changes on the

environment.

• Minimising the runoff and soil erosion during the period between

land clearing and full coverage by legumes and other plant