Submitted by
Edwardentalai.BESI
on Mon, 09/12/2022 - 11:43
General Information
Resolution
49218
IUCN Constituent
IUCN SSC Orchid Specialist Group 2021-2025
Period covered
Geographic scope
South and East Asia
Country/Territory
Malaysia
Actors involved in implementing this Resolution:
IUCN Commissions
IUCN Species Survival Commission 2021-2025
IUCN Secretariat
No
Other non-IUCN related organisations
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Selangor Forestry Department, Forest Department of Peninsular Malaysia (FDPM), Sarawak Forestry Department (SFD)
II. Implementation
Activities carried out to implement this Resolution
Activity
Convene stakeholders/Networking
Description and results/achievements of activities:
For years, we have been rescuing wild orchids from felled trees in logging concessions in Peninsular Malaysia and Sarawak for re-establishment in restored habitat and in the nursery for combined in- and ex-situ conservation.
Status
On-going
Please report on the result /achievement of the actions taken
In 2019, we established the Tengku Permaisuri Norashikin Conservatory, in collaboration with the Selangor Forestry Department in Fraser’s Hill, as part of joint conservation and research efforts. In recent years, we have also been building partnerships with timber companies to promote orchid conservation. For example, in a project spearheaded by Forest Department Sarawak (FDS) Senior Assistant Director Ms. Runi Sylvester Pungga, we established a project with Anap-Muput Forest Management Unit (FMU) to identify alternative benefits and generate income from a rescue-propagation-conservation initiative, includes setting up an ex-situ conservation and rehabilitation centre in Sarawak (in a collaboration between Universiti Putra Malaysia, Forestry Department of Sarawak and Anap-Muput FMU.
Identify and briefly describe what future actions/activities are planned for the implementation of this Resolution
Future action / activity
Education/Communication/Raising awareness
Description
We hope that this project will serve as a model for orchid conservation and rehabilitation by highlighting opportunities for positive collaboration between researchers, government agencies and timber companies. We hope that this will lead to the establishment of facilities to enable the ex-situ conservation of germplasm for propagation and other research activities.
III. Additional Information
Report status
Published