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- Title
The Important Hornbill Landscape 2.0 in Peninsular Malaysia: Revised.
- Authors
AIK, YEAP CHIN; LOUIS, DONOVAN; PERUMAL, BALU
- Abstract
Important Hornbill Landscapes (IHL) act as a long term investment to ensure a future with surviving and viable hornbill population(s) in Peninsular Malaysia. In 2017, the IHLs were first introduced to reflect the conservation and policy developments for this majestic bird species in Peninsular Malaysia. As a result, 17 IHLs (3.1 million ha) were identified (up from the previous 14 / ca. 2.5 million ha) within the eight States in Peninsular Malaysia, coined as 'Hornbill States'. The threats plaguing hornbills and their forest habitats underscore similar issues to forest loss and degradation from good quality, intact, old-growth forests. Hornbill poaching is currently kept at hindsight, attributing to the intensive and extensive patrolling undertaken in safeguarding the forest landscapes, with stricter enforcement, and better intelligence combating wildlife trade although with few isolated cases compared previously. More worrisome is the resurgence of national interest in rare earth element (REE) mining, as this new emerging industry is seen as 'new wealth' which may impact biodiversity (including hornbill populations) in what remains today of the Malaysian forest landscapes.
- Subjects
MALAYA; RARE earth metals; FOREST degradation; POACHING; WILD animal trade; LANDSCAPES; EMERGING industries
- Publication
Malayan Nature Journal, 2023, Vol 75, Issue 3, p365
- ISSN
0025-1291
- Publication type
Article