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KULIM (M) BERHAD
KULIM (M) BERHAD – A SNAPSHOT
KULIM (M) BERHAD - A SNAPSHOT
KULIM (M) BERHAD – OPERATION & BUSINESS
• Plantations is main profit centre, hence Kulim’s profitability intimately tied to CPO price
• Intrapreneur ventures, property investment & existing mid-stream oil & gas operations (e.g. EA Technique) are small contributors
• Now, taking a foot-hold in upstream O&G ventures in Indonesia via participation in Exploration and Production
• Concentrated at southern tip of Peninsular • 44% of planted area of ~47k ha below prime production ages • Replanting is progressing on ~14-15% of planted area • Poised for FFB production growth in coming years
KULIM (M) BERHAD - PLANTATIONS - MALAYSIA
PLANTATION ASSETS
• 50,999 ha (47,010 ha planted with oil palm)
• 24 estates and 5 palm oil mills
• Purchase annually about 400 mt (42%) of FFB from external growers – RSPO certified since Jan 09
SUPPORT & OTHER ACTIVITIES
• Management agency - managing plantations of Johor Corporation & its other subsidiaries (8,984.61 ha of planted area)
• Plant breeding, tissue culture palms facility and R&D
We believe that work towards profitability and growth has to be guided by a commitment towards building a fair, ethical and responsible company. Our overall business strategy adheres to the principles of sustainable development, balancing
considerations for People, Planet and Profit.
KULIM (M) BERHAD – SUSTAINABILITY COMMITMENTS
AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS
AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS
RSPO Principles and Criteria
KULIM HIGH CONSERVATION VALUE (HCV) AREA
KULIM’S SET ASIDE AREA FOR CONSERVATION (DEC 2015)
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Note : A total of 569.83 ha of set aside area in Kulim Plantation
ORIGINS
• member of ROYAL JOHOR PLANTERS ASSOCIATION collaborate with Mergastua on issue of elephant encroachment at new planting area.
• Erected electric fencing/ cannon
• Funded the transportation cost for elephant relocation exercise to Endau-Rompin National Park. NO HUNTING inside the plantation area.
• Set aside un-plantable area
Early 1980’s
POLICY
NO HUNTING
DEFINITION : HUMAN WILD-LIFE CONFLICT
“Human-Wildlife conflict is an interaction between
humans and wildlife that results in negative impacts on
human social, economic or cultural life, on the
conservation of wildlife populations or on the
environment”
WWF
“Human-wildlife conflict occurs when the need and behavior
of wildlife impact negatively on the goals of human or when
The goals of humans negatively impact the needs of wildlife”
WWF
Wildlife in our landscape
“Though the weather and season (outside the migratory birds season)
was often not so conducive for spotting wildlife, most estates had a fair
amount of wildlife present.
Over the course of the one-day field visits only a few larger mammals
were observed inside the estates (Spectacled Langur: Mungka; Pig-
tailed Macaque: Kemedak, Bkt Payung; Long-tailed Macaque:
everywhere except Bkt Kelompok, Mungka, Siang), Young and juveniles
were noted for Wild Boar, Long-tailed Macaque, and Spectacled Langur
(though only across the boundary river, outside Bukit Payung).
Tracks or sightings of Elephant, Tiger and Tapir were seen or reported
from Bkt Payung, Pasir Logok, Pasir Panjang, Siang (though not since
2006, when reportedly the last one was caught and relocated), Sungai
Papan, and Tunjuk Laut. These are in essence temporal/occasional in
nature, usually near estate boundaries, and likely the result of external
pressure to relocate due to habitat destruction rather then indicative of
permanent residency (Bkt Payung, Pasir Panjang, Tunjuk Laut).”
KULIM RBA
ESTATE NEAREST FOREST
SELAI LABIS FOREST RESERVE
SINDORA GUNUNG BERLUMUT FOREST
RESERVE
PASIR LOGOK HUTAN MUKIM KAMBAU
(LOCAL NAME)
SIANG ULU SEDILI FOREST RESERVE
REM PANTI FOREST RESERVE
BASIR ISMAIL PANTI FOREST RESERVE
SG TAWING LABIS FOREST RESERVE
KULIM PLANTATION BORDER WITH FOREST RESERVE
SOME OF KULIM’S OIL PALM ESTATES BORDER TAMAN NEGARA ENDAU – ROMPIN (PETA)
KULIM PLANTATION BORDER WITH FOREST RESERVE
KULIM WILDLIFE DEFENDERS - TIGERS FOREVER PROJECT
The initiative begun after KULIM (M) BERHAD was approached by Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS-Malaysia Program) to involve in TIGER FOREVER project. This project is to ensure tigers live in the wild forever and one of the site is the Endau Rompin National Park which is also near to Kulim plantation area in Johor.
KULIM WILDLIFE DEFENDERS TIGERS FOREVER PROJECT
2008 - Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS-Malaysia Program) approached us for the TIGER FOREVER project in 2008.
May 13, 2008 - Meeting with Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and the Johor National Parks Corporation (JNPC) for the project "Tiger Forever" and "Elephant Human Conflict"
at Tereh Mill.
KULIM WILDLIFE DEFENDERS TIGERS FOREVER PROJECT
KULIM COMMITEMENT TO JWCP PROJECT…surrounding our oil palm estates
KULIM WILDLIFE DEFENDERS (KWD) WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2008 TO ASSIST JOHOR NATIONAL PARK CORP. (JNPC) & WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY (WCS) IN THE “TIGERS FOREVER”
PROJECT AT TAMAN NEGARA ENDAU – ROMPIN (PETA)
LAUNCHED : JUNE 2009 BY SULTAN JOHOR “To help balance development & conservation
and protect the region’s Asian Elephants, Malayan Tigers and other threatened species”
KULIM WAS MADE AS ONE OF
THE PARTNERS IN THE “JOHOR
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION
PROJECT” IN JUNE 2009.
KWD AWARENESS, PATROLLING AND ENFORCEMENT
KWD – MOBILE PATROLLING CHECK POINT AT KULIM
No Kulim Estate Border To
Forest (PRF etc.)
No Of Security Guard
No Of Boundary Check Point
1 SINDORA 18 18
2 TEREH UTARA 5 5
3 TAWING 6 11
4 SELAI 5 6
5 ENGGANG 4 6
6 MUTIARA 9 1
7 SG SEMBRONG 3 8
8 UMAC 6 6
1 SIANG/BALAU 13 6
2 TUNJUK LAUT 6 11
3 BUKIT PAYONG 6 0
4 PASIR PANJANG 8 6
5 PASIR LOGOK 5 5
6 BUKIT KELOMPOK 7 2
TOTAL 101 91
TO ASSIST IN PREVENTING ILLEGAL WILDLIFE POACHING, KWD CONSTRUCTED A STATIC POST AT KG ORANG ASLI SG PEROH, KAHANG (ENTRANCE TO TAMAN NEGARA ENDAU – ROMPIN, PETA) IN JUNE 2009.
KMB : HUMAN - WILDLIFE (ELEPHANT) CONFLICT
JOINT WORK WITH WCS TEAM (LED BY DR MARTIN TYSON) TO MANAGE HUMAN ELEPHANT CONFLICT (HEC) AT THE SG TAWING ESTATE – ACQUIRED BY KULIM IN SEPT 2009.
Chronic elephant problem:
Elephants were coming into the
plantation area from Labis Forest
Reserve (NW & SW), peat swamp
(NW) into Bukit Chucuk (shaded area
in green)
KMB : HUMAN - WILDLIFE (ELEPHANT) CONFLICT
In July 2010, WCS-Malaysia collaborated with Kulim (M) Berhad to implement a monitoring system of the electric fence that being erected along side the perimeter trenching.
Location:
The perimeter of the electric fence to be
monitored is shown in the map. The path
was chosen based on existing Kulim’s
elephant incursion records.
KMB : HUMAN - WILDLIFE (ELEPHANT) CONFLICT
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HEC - ELECTRIC FENCE MONITORING
Initial Monitoring Schedule implemented
• Establishment of monitoring team of 2 – 4 person to walk
the fence line every 3 days
• Locate elephant signs (tracks/dung/trails) & record location
using GPS
• Record any visible damage to the fence, vegetation
touching the fence wires, wire breaks, sparking
• Measure and record the fence voltage at energizers will
also be measured
Photo credit : WCS
PLANTATION AREAS AFFECTED BY HUMAN – ELEPHANT CONFLICT (HEC) SG TAWING AND SINDORA ESTATE
PLANTATION AREAS AFFECTED BY HUMAN – ELEPHANT CONFLICT (HEC) SIANG AND TUNJUK LAUT ESTATE
PLANTATION AREAS AFFECTED BY HUMAN – ELEPHANT CONFLICT (HEC) SELAI ESTATE
PLANTATION AREAS AFFECTED BY HUMAN – ELEPHANT CONFLICT (HEC) REM & BASIR ISMAIL ESTATE
HEC - CASES
1 1
5
2
4
5
11
3
1 1 1
2
6
3
1 1
5
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Selai Sindora Tunjuk Laut Pasir Logok Sungai Tawing Basir Ismail REM Siang
KMB : HUMAN - WILDLIFE (ELEPHANT) CONFLICT
ELECTRIC FENCES AND DITCHES
To DECREASE the extent of HEC in the plantation and to avoid further elephant translocations.
Electric fence acts as a physical and psychological barrier with the voltage, pulsed current provides short for the elephants but will not cause any physical harm.
PLANTATION AREAS AFFECTED BY HUMAN – ELEPHANT CONFLICT (HEC) SINDORA ESTATE
Ditches act as a physical barrier to prevent elephants from crossing the boundary
Problem: Erosion and caving-in of the walls
LADANG SINDORA 20.5.2014
TRANSLOCATION
PRESENCE OF ELEPHANT
PALM DAMAGES
PALM DAMAGES
OPERATING UNIT (ESTATE) TOTAL PALM
DAMAGES LOSSES (RM)
TUNJUK LAUT 9462 2 838 600
SINDORA 8253 2 475 900
SG TAWING 732 219 600
SIANG 341 102 300
SELAI 125 37 500
BASIR ISMAIL 44 13 200
REM 5 1500
18 962 5 688 600
Palm Damages and Losses
2012 - 2016
LOSS OF WILDLIFE
P86B/1 LADANG SINDORA 24.1.2012
PRESENCE OF ELEPHANT