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Cultivation of oil palm (as means) to sustain the rainforest ecology built around the existing original lowland dipterocarp forest eco-systems.
View of Zone G from Zone C, looking south |
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| Botanic Island Two in the background |
There are two M's that can help me make the forest ecology of Kambatik Park a success. First M is a strong MIND, a will if you care. Second M is the MEANS, without which you cannot develop and later maintain a nature park. The park was fortunate because from its inception the existing preserve of original vegetation was not totally destroyed. They were isolated and preserved as botanic islands of which there are currently four. The oil palm cultivation were integrated around the islands , streams, swamps, slopes, roads and hills in order not to destroy the original land form exceedingly. Income from the oil palm harvests is the principal means to sustain the operation and maintenance of the forest ecology. It is important to bear in mind that the real beneficiaries of the park are the wildlife and plants ecological diversity and we humans need to re-learn to co-exist with them to really benefit from natural world, be it in agricultural productivity, tourism-related business or recreational activities. Today when I take
walks in the park, I feel so much peace with myself for having positively contribute to the understanding and standing for nature. The Kambatik Park is a first step in my journey to really take care of nature by seeing beyond the trees.
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| Plain areas as fallback positions in time of flash floods due to torrential rains |
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| Natural and man-made forest eco-system integration |
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| Eastern Crimson Sunbird brave itself to come out of the jungle to search for food on the cultivated garden areas of the park |
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| Mormon butterfly in the Botanic Island Two |
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| A walk in the park is the simplest means to commune with nature |
