Social Impact Assessment Monitoring
Based on the Social Impact Assessment (SIA) conducted by Asrama Raya Sdn Bhd, there was no local community and indigenous people live in HS Petuang / Petuang Forest Reserve. None of the land or areas owned by local community or indigenous people was used for forest operation.
Kampung (Kg.) Payong is the only village located nearby ARSB HS Petuang concession. ARSB always always give support to local community through Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) yearly program. There was no direct effect of forest operation to local community of Kg. Payong. Local community of Kg. Payong do not any animal, do not own any hunting license, do not harvest any timber and collect any non-timber forest products from ARSB HS Petuang concession. The local community also do not use the water sources from Petuang river.
In order to easily access to ARSB HS Petuang concession, ARSB used small areas owned by local community of Kg. Payong to construct forest road. The road construction has brought some beneficial and adverse impact on the local community. The positive impacts are job opportunities, easy access for the local community to their oil palm and rubber estates, paid for the land rental. The potential landscape degradation, road related safety and pollution, loss or damage to the land (property).
Monitoring of the Social Impacts to Local Community
| Social impact | Mitigation Measures | Monitoring record / response |
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Job opportunities |
ARSB always obtain feedback from Head of villagers regarding the response and request of local community to work in forest management or harvesting job. | Some local community work in ARSB HS Petuang concession. |
| Road access |
Forest manager and forest supervisor always monitor the road condition through regular maintenance. |
Local community do not have any grievances and issues regarding the road constructed by ARSB. |
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Payment for land rental |
- ARSB obtain feedback from local community whether they are satisfied with the rental payment given by ARSB or not. - ARSB also always give helps through Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) yearly program. |
- Local community satisfied with the rental payment. - Local community gratified as the constructed road have made them more convenient to access to their rubber and oil palm estates |
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Landscape degradation |
- Forest manager regular monitor forest operation to ensure reduced impact logging and reforestation are conducted based on standard protocols by forest workers at ARSB HS Petuang concession. - Forest manager also regular monitor ARSB HS Petuang concession to ensure the forest areas with HCV and aesthetic value are not harvested. |
- Local community do not have any issues regarding the forest harvesting activities conducted by ARSB. - The forest harvesting activities do not cause degradation of landscape or environment in Kg. Payong. |
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Road related safety |
- Forest manager and forest supervisor regular monitor and conduct field inspection on the road condition in regards to road-related safety. - Forest supervisor always advise local community to be careful when big vehicles of ARSB pass by Kg. Payong. - ARSB also obtain feedback from MPKK and local community whether ARSB’s lorry driver slow down speed limit or not when pass by Kg. Payong. |
- Local community do not have any issues regarding the road safety related with ARSB. - ARSB lorry and vehicles follow the speed limit (40 km/hr) when pass by Kg. Payong. |
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Pollution |
-Forest manager and forest supervisor regular monitor and conduct field inspection on pollution in relation to noise and dust produced by ARSB’S vehicles. -ARSB also obtain feedback from local community, whether ARSB’s lorry driver have reduced dust and noise when pass by Kg. Payong or not. |
Local community do not face any pollution in Kg. Payong. |
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Loss or damage to the land (property)
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- Forest manager regular monitor the land rented from local community is only used for constructing forest road not for other purpose. - ARSB also regular obtain feedback from MPKK on the response of local community regarding their land / property rented to ARSB. |
Local community do not have any grievances and issues regarding the land / property rented to ARSB. |
Monitoring of the Social Impacts to Forest Worker and Local Economy
| Social impact | Mitigation Measures | Monitoring record / response |
| Occupation | - Forest manager regular monitor forest workers to ensure they have proper job in ARSB HS Petuang concession. | Local community and local workers from Terengganu have been hired to work in ARSB HS Petuang concession. |
| New capabilities and skills |
- Forest manager regular monitor forest workers whether they are capable to do the required job or not. - Forest manager regular provide training to the forest worker to ensure forest worker have new capabilities and skills. |
Training have been provided to forest workers and local workers. |
| Opportunities for local vendors | - Forest manager regular monitor whether ARSB’S staffs dealing business with local processors, local banks and equipment suppliers in Terengganu or not. | Most of the equipment, items and food were bought from local suppliers and local stores in Terengganu. |
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Forest worker’s health and safety |
- Forest manager regular monitor and care about forest worker’s health and safety. - Forest manager always provide sufficient foods and rests to all forest worker to ensure they are healthy. -Forest manager always inform forest worker to be careful when dealing with dangerous machines or vehicles. |
Forest worker’s health and safety have been taken care and recorded. |
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