{"id":57,"date":"2023-11-02T01:35:46","date_gmt":"2023-11-02T01:35:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openbook.ums.edu.my\/aninteractiveintroductiontoconservationbiology\/chapter\/2-3conservation-in-fragmented-landscapes\/"},"modified":"2024-09-18T01:29:21","modified_gmt":"2024-09-18T01:29:21","slug":"2-3conservation-in-fragmented-landscapes","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/openbook.ums.edu.my\/aninteractiveintroductiontoconservationbiology\/chapter\/2-3conservation-in-fragmented-landscapes\/","title":{"raw":"Conservation in fragmented landscapes","rendered":"Conservation in fragmented landscapes"},"content":{"raw":"<div class=\"textbox textbox--learning-objectives\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\r\n<p class=\"textbox__title\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Learning Objectives<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/header>\r\n<div class=\"textbox__content\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\r\n\r\nIn this chapter student will be able:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>To identify and understand the impact of habitat fragmentation<\/li>\r\n \t<li>To learn initiatives that has been made in Sabah to conserve habitat in fragmentation area<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[pb_glossary id=\"75\"]Habitat fragmentation[\/pb_glossary] occurs when large blocks of habitat are cut into smaller pieces by development such as roads or housing. The remaining blocks of habitat may be too small to sustain populations of a number of species and the fragmentation often results in barriers to species movement.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Habitat fragmentation can give negative impacts to our ecosystem, please see an interactive video below to understand better:<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[h5p id=\"19\"]<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Various efforts has been made to conserve our biodiversity and build [pb_glossary id=\"83\"]habitat corridors[\/pb_glossary] to connect wildlife separated by human activity or development. One of such efforts is the study of the ideal design for functional wildlife corridors within oil palm plantations at the Kalabakan River network. The full report can be read at <a href=\"https:\/\/news.mongabay.com\/2016\/04\/designing-ideal-wildlife-corridor-malaysias-orangutans\/\">MONGABAY<\/a>. The Stability of Altered Ecosystems (SAFE) initiative shown a promising efforts to connect local populations of wildlife, including orangutans that have become isolated by their fragmented habitat.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Another ongoing project, initiated in 2019 located along the Kinabatangan River, called \"Rasig Corridor\" linked Lot 2 of the Lower Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary (LKWS) with the \"Keruak Virgin Jungle Forest Reserve\". Beside to create corridors for wildlife to connect from different patches of isolated forests, the corridor area were also planted with seedlings of native trees species. This project aims is not only to connect the wildlife but also flora as restoration efforts in the fragmented and deforestation area.<\/p>\r\nLets see video below to learn more on The Sabah Landscapes Program:\r\n<pre><\/pre>\r\n[embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tPTkJjxRnvw[\/embed]\r\n\r\n<em>Adopted from: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tPTkJjxRnvw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\"The Sabah Landscapes Programme: An Overview\"<\/a>\u00a0by\u00a0<a>WWFMy<\/a>\u00a0is licensed under\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CC BY 4.0<\/a><\/em>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--key-takeaways\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\r\n<p class=\"textbox__title\">Case Study<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/header>\r\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\r\n\r\nHere is an example work on conservation in fragmented landscape in Selangor:\r\n\r\n[h5p id=\"20\"]\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n&nbsp;","rendered":"<div class=\"textbox textbox--learning-objectives\">\n<header class=\"textbox__header\">\n<p class=\"textbox__title\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Learning Objectives<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"textbox__content\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p>In this chapter student will be able:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To identify and understand the impact of habitat fragmentation<\/li>\n<li>To learn initiatives that has been made in Sabah to conserve habitat in fragmentation area<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a class=\"glossary-term\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-describedby=\"definition\" href=\"#term_57_75\">Habitat fragmentation<\/a> occurs when large blocks of habitat are cut into smaller pieces by development such as roads or housing. The remaining blocks of habitat may be too small to sustain populations of a number of species and the fragmentation often results in barriers to species movement.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Habitat fragmentation can give negative impacts to our ecosystem, please see an interactive video below to understand better:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div id=\"h5p-19\">\n<div class=\"h5p-iframe-wrapper\"><iframe id=\"h5p-iframe-19\" class=\"h5p-iframe\" data-content-id=\"19\" style=\"height:1px\" src=\"about:blank\" frameBorder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"Fragmentation\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Various efforts has been made to conserve our biodiversity and build <a class=\"glossary-term\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-describedby=\"definition\" href=\"#term_57_83\">habitat corridors<\/a> to connect wildlife separated by human activity or development. One of such efforts is the study of the ideal design for functional wildlife corridors within oil palm plantations at the Kalabakan River network. The full report can be read at <a href=\"https:\/\/news.mongabay.com\/2016\/04\/designing-ideal-wildlife-corridor-malaysias-orangutans\/\">MONGABAY<\/a>. The Stability of Altered Ecosystems (SAFE) initiative shown a promising efforts to connect local populations of wildlife, including orangutans that have become isolated by their fragmented habitat.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Another ongoing project, initiated in 2019 located along the Kinabatangan River, called &#8220;Rasig Corridor&#8221; linked Lot 2 of the Lower Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary (LKWS) with the &#8220;Keruak Virgin Jungle Forest Reserve&#8221;. Beside to create corridors for wildlife to connect from different patches of isolated forests, the corridor area were also planted with seedlings of native trees species. This project aims is not only to connect the wildlife but also flora as restoration efforts in the fragmented and deforestation area.<\/p>\n<p>Lets see video below to learn more on The Sabah Landscapes Program:<\/p>\n<pre><\/pre>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"oembed-1\" title=\"The Sabah Landscapes Programme: An Overview\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tPTkJjxRnvw?feature=oembed&#38;rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Adopted from: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tPTkJjxRnvw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;The Sabah Landscapes Programme: An Overview&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0by\u00a0<a>WWFMy<\/a>\u00a0is licensed under\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CC BY 4.0<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--key-takeaways\">\n<header class=\"textbox__header\">\n<p class=\"textbox__title\">Case Study<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\n<p>Here is an example work on conservation in fragmented landscape in Selangor:<\/p>\n<div id=\"h5p-20\">\n<div class=\"h5p-iframe-wrapper\"><iframe id=\"h5p-iframe-20\" class=\"h5p-iframe\" data-content-id=\"20\" style=\"height:1px\" src=\"about:blank\" frameBorder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"Conservation in fragmented landscape case study\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"glossary\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\" id=\"definition\">definition<\/span><template id=\"term_57_75\"><div class=\"glossary__definition\" role=\"dialog\" data-id=\"term_57_75\"><div tabindex=\"-1\"><p>Divides once large and widespread wildlife populations into several smaller subpopulations.<\/p>\n<\/div><button><span aria-hidden=\"true\">&times;<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Close definition<\/span><\/button><\/div><\/template><template id=\"term_57_83\"><div class=\"glossary__definition\" role=\"dialog\" data-id=\"term_57_83\"><div tabindex=\"-1\"><p>An area of habitat connecting wildlife populations separated by human activities or structures (such as roads, development, or logging)<\/p>\n<\/div><button><span aria-hidden=\"true\">&times;<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Close definition<\/span><\/button><\/div><\/template><\/div>","protected":false},"author":33,"menu_order":3,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[54],"class_list":["post-57","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry","license-cc-by-sa"],"part":51,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/openbook.ums.edu.my\/aninteractiveintroductiontoconservationbiology\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/57","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/openbook.ums.edu.my\/aninteractiveintroductiontoconservationbiology\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/openbook.ums.edu.my\/aninteractiveintroductiontoconservationbiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openbook.ums.edu.my\/aninteractiveintroductiontoconservationbiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/openbook.ums.edu.my\/aninteractiveintroductiontoconservationbiology\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/57\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":161,"href":"https:\/\/openbook.ums.edu.my\/aninteractiveintroductiontoconservationbiology\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/57\/revisions\/161"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/openbook.ums.edu.my\/aninteractiveintroductiontoconservationbiology\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/51"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/openbook.ums.edu.my\/aninteractiveintroductiontoconservationbiology\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/57\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/openbook.ums.edu.my\/aninteractiveintroductiontoconservationbiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openbook.ums.edu.my\/aninteractiveintroductiontoconservationbiology\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=57"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openbook.ums.edu.my\/aninteractiveintroductiontoconservationbiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=57"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openbook.ums.edu.my\/aninteractiveintroductiontoconservationbiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=57"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}