The project aims to support the Orang Asli communities in selected peatland areas in Bukit Cheeding in Selangor and Tanjung Kelapa in Pahang.
Objectives:
- Enhance the rehabilitation of the degraded peatland forests and prevent fire in selected portions of the SEPPSF to reduce GHG emissions and support adaptation for the Orang Asli community.
- Improve the living condition of the Orang Asli community in Tanjung Kelapa and enable them to contribute to the forest rehabilitation programmes.
Key Activities:
- Provide 2-in-1 solar system and water pump for safe portable water source.
- Support rewetting effort by construction of canal blocks.
- Support revegetation effort.
- Enhance community livelihood knowledge by hosting trainings on apiculture farming and sustainable agriculture practices.
Key Outcomes:
- Provided a 2-in-1 solar water pump that can generates electricity for villagers in Kampung Orang Asli Melogo with construction of tube-well for access of clean underground water.
- Installed one canal block near the Kampung Orang Asli Melogo.
- Initiated planting activities near buffer zone of Pekan (Extension) Forest Reserve with 140 trees to improve the landscape.
- Provided community with Apiculture Farming training as well as initiated Volvariella mushroom cultivation.
