Tags Workers Land Clearing Rainforest Vegetation Clearing Low Impact Logging Sustainble Forest Management Sustainable Practises Rainforests Clearing Tree Felling Borneo Malaysia Asia Jungles Trees Forests

Workers Clear Bornean Rainforest Vegetation

Workers clear Bornean rainforest vegetation by hand with a parang in Sabah, Malaysia.

Image ID 56654463
Production Year 2018
Length 00:00:16
Production Company Silverback Films
ResolutionUHD ProRes UHD HD
FormatMP4 MOV

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Sabah has seen severe degradation of their forest due to heavy pressures to convert the land into palm oil plantations, the main export of Sabah. In 2018, the Sabah Forest Policy pledged to allocate at least 30% of Sabah’s land area to Totally Protected Areas by 2025. This logging site is situated within the Deramakot Forestry reserve, which holds the status as the world's first and longest-standing tropical rainforest to be certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC). Certified forests must be environmentally sound, socially beneficial and economically prosperous.

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Silverback Films

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