Anap Sustainable Development Unit (ASDU)

ASDU is part of the ITTO Model Forest Management Area Sarawak Project (1993-2006) covering the FAO Forest Industry Development Project (FIDP) Inventory Unit 4 with an area of 106,200 ha. ASDU land use zonation demarcated a License for Planted Forest (PF/0039 of approx. 23,000 ha) of degraded forests surrounded by community use areas as a buffer for Anap Muput FMU. Zedtee Sdn Bhd is the licensee for LPF/0039 and forest manager of Anap Muput FMU.

The ASDU Liaison Committee is the consultative framework for stakeholder interaction between Zedtee Sdn Bhd and the local community who are represented by an elected committee known as Anap Muput Community (AMC) in conjunction with the relevant authorities.

• The objective for its establishment was to foster good community relation with a view to address:
• Issues over tenure, claims and use rights.
• Forest management measures that threaten or diminish the resources or tenure rights of the local communities; and resolve any grievance.
• Conflicts arising from unauthorized land use and community development.

ASDULC had evolved through the years to focus on the arbitration of matters that could not be resolved by Zedtee SB with AMC at the local level. It is also the principal regulatory framework for AMC for the formulation and implementation of its terms of reference to assure transparency and fulfilment of FPIC (Free, prior and informed consent) for the utilisation of AMC fund derived from community forest management enterprises to protect the interests of ASDU members.

• ASDULC meeting is used as a forum to update and confirm major development with respect to community forest management, social environmental impact assessment, and consultation on High Conservation Value Areas. Standard Agenda of ASDULC meeting typically include:
• Verification of AMC Fund account statement
• Update of Social and Environmental Impact Assessment
• Feedback on the effect of logging on the directly affected communities
• Consultation and Update on High Conservation Value Area
• Employment Opportunities.