The community leaders receiving the access and benefit sharing agreements from Sarawak Biodiversity Council chairman Tan Sri Wilson Baya Dandot (fourth right). Joining them are SBC CEO Dr Yeo Tiong Chia (third left) and Peter Sawal (fourth left) representing the Urban Development and Natural Resources Ministry.
KUCHING: Five indigenous communities in Sarawak stand to benefit from the commercialisation of an essential oil derived from a tree they have traditionally used for generations.
The Sarawak Biodiversity Centre (SBC) has entered into access and benefit sharing agreements with the Bidayuhs of Kampung Kiding in Padawan near here, the Lun Bawangs of Long Telingan and Long Kerabangan in Lawas district and the Kelabits of Pa'Ukat and Pa'Lungan in Bario on the sustainable use of their resource.
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