Sustainable management planning of Matang Wildlife Centre, Sarawak

• Main Author: Johan, Juiene
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) 2001
• Subjects: S Agriculture (General)
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/27994/1/Johan.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/27994/

The management of national parks requires the appropriate management planning at varying spatial scales. This is to ensure for its maintenance or restoration of ecological integrity to achieve appropriate opportunities for appreciation, understanding and enjoyment. As part of the overall momentum towards the environmental sustainability, Matang Wildlife Centre had been selected to undergo the management planning process, thereby establishing a model framework for future wildlife centre initiatives in Sarawak; The study suggest for the establishment of Park Steering Committee comprise of related government and non government agencies and the community living near the centre to plan and manage the centre, to ensure its sustainability for the current and the future generation. The study also suggest the need for the Forest Department, Sarawak to increase their manpower to manned the centre. more effective and efficiently.