Comments on: Logging Maliau Basin buffer zone http://arkitrek.com/http:/arkitrek.com/maliaulogging/ environment • responsive • design Mon, 23 Apr 2012 15:50:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Arkitrekker http://arkitrek.com/http:/arkitrek.com/maliaulogging/comment-page-1/#comment-66 Arkitrekker Sat, 18 Oct 2008 02:59:12 +0000 http://arkitrek.com/?p=92#comment-66 Logging Maliau Buffer Zone - update A source has confirmed that the above mentioned logging will affect an area of 7000ha in forest that was last logged in 1996. Even if RIL was strictly adhered to in 1996, 12 years does not seem like enough time for the forest to regenerate. It looks like the future for the entrance approach to Maliau Basin is forest that is so badly degraded that it can not regenerate in a sensible timeframe. This habitat is great for elephants but disappointing on most other counts; including the perception of visitors, researchers and tourists to have come to observe the pristine Rainforest of Maliau Basin. Logging Maliau Buffer Zone – update

A source has confirmed that the above mentioned logging will affect an area of 7000ha in forest that was last logged in 1996.

Even if RIL was strictly adhered to in 1996, 12 years does not seem like enough time for the forest to regenerate.

It looks like the future for the entrance approach to Maliau Basin is forest that is so badly degraded that it can not regenerate in a sensible timeframe.

This habitat is great for elephants but disappointing on most other counts; including the perception of visitors, researchers and tourists to have come to observe the pristine Rainforest of Maliau Basin.

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