Wildlife hunting rights of the aborigines in peninsular Malaysia: a dilemma protecting humans or animals?
In Malaysia, the native customary rights of the indigenous people, known as the 'Orang Asli', are rather broad, including fishing, hunting, and foraging that flow from site-specific occupation and livelihood. However, in the modern era, despite the protection of the old pre-independence le...
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my.iium.irep.1029612023-01-09T04:15:52Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/102961/ Wildlife hunting rights of the aborigines in peninsular Malaysia: a dilemma protecting humans or animals? Hussain, Faridah Hamin, Zaiton Ariffin, Nur Izzati Alang, Kemala Rahmat, Nur Ezan Mohd. Zain, Nor Razinah HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform K Law (General) K3581 Environmental Law K623 Civil Law In Malaysia, the native customary rights of the indigenous people, known as the 'Orang Asli', are rather broad, including fishing, hunting, and foraging that flow from site-specific occupation and livelihood. However, in the modern era, despite the protection of the old pre-independence legislation, the Aboriginal Peoples Act of 1954, the aborigines' exercise of such rights appears to be problematic as the more recent legislations, such as the Wildlife Conservation Act 2010, invoke several restrictions on fishing or hunting in the forest areas occupied by the aborigines. Additionally, most local literature mainly focuses on the aborigines' land rights; consequently, hunting rights have remained under researched. Given the dearth of academic research on this right, this paper examines how the 2010 Act infringes on the aborigines' hunting rights and, broadly, their traditional way of life. This paper adopts a qualitative research methodology, employing a doctrinal content analysis that would provide a subterranean understanding of the tension between the legal protection of wildlife and the aborigines' rights in Malaysia. The findings revealed that the native rights and social interests of the aborigines are mainly ignored, overlooked, and appear to be superseded by the interests of wildlife animals. Human Resource Management Academic Research Society 2022-11-07 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/102961/7/102961_Wildlife%20hunting%20rights%20of%20the%20aborigines.pdf Hussain, Faridah and Hamin, Zaiton and Ariffin, Nur Izzati and Alang, Kemala and Rahmat, Nur Ezan and Mohd. Zain, Nor Razinah (2022) Wildlife hunting rights of the aborigines in peninsular Malaysia: a dilemma protecting humans or animals? International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 12 (11). pp. 1434-1442. ISSN 2222-6990 https://hrmars.com/papers_submitted/14981/wildlife-hunting-rights-of-the-aborigines-in-peninsular-malaysia-a-dilemma-protecting-humans-or-animals.pdf http://dx.doi.org/10.6007/IJARBSS/v12-i11/14981 |
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In Malaysia, the native customary rights of the indigenous people, known as the 'Orang Asli', are rather broad, including fishing, hunting, and foraging that flow from site-specific occupation and livelihood. However, in the modern era, despite the protection of the old pre-independence legislation, the Aboriginal Peoples Act of 1954, the aborigines' exercise of such rights appears to be problematic as the more recent legislations, such as the Wildlife Conservation Act 2010, invoke several restrictions on fishing or hunting in the forest areas occupied by the aborigines. Additionally, most local literature mainly focuses on the aborigines' land rights; consequently, hunting rights have remained under researched. Given the dearth of academic research on this right, this paper examines how the 2010 Act infringes on the aborigines' hunting rights and, broadly, their traditional way of life. This paper adopts a qualitative research methodology, employing a doctrinal content analysis that would provide a subterranean understanding of the tension between the legal protection of wildlife and the aborigines' rights in Malaysia. The findings revealed that the native rights and social interests of the aborigines are mainly ignored, overlooked, and appear to be superseded by the interests of wildlife animals. |
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