Poaching is one of the greatest immediate threats and a serious conservation challenge facing wildlife in Borneo. Medium- to large-sized mammals, while charismatic, are hunted for consumption and sale. This study focuses on wildlife hunting and utilization of selected communities in a remote area in Sarawak, conducted using interview surveys within communities who hunt wildlife in Ulu Baleh. The calculated hunting pressure index in Ulu Baleh (2.24) is considered low compared to other parts of Sarawak. Local communities are dependent on wildlife protein and medicine. Even though the common hunting offtake included the bearded pig and deer species, for the hunter’s own consumption, hunters were opportunistic in taking non-target species and selling surplus meat. Lack of awareness of the implications of unsustainable hunting and difficulty in monitoring by the relevant authorities appear to be the main challenges to wildlife conservation in the area. This paper highlights the lack of research documenting wildlife utilization in the Ulu Baleh region and the implication of these results are particularly important for future adaptive wildlife management, especially for species of conservation importance in Sarawak.

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马来西亚婆罗洲砂拉越乌鲁巴莱的野生动物狩猎和利用

偷猎是婆罗洲野生动物面临的最大直接威胁和严重的保护挑战之一。中型到大型哺乳动物虽然具有超凡魅力，但被猎杀用于消费和销售。这项研究的重点是在砂拉越偏远地区的野生动物狩猎和选定社区的利用，使用在乌鲁巴勒狩猎野生动物的社区内进行的访谈调查进行。与砂拉越其他地区相比，Ulu Baleh 计算的狩猎压力指数（2.24）被认为较低。当地社区依赖野生动物蛋白质和药物。尽管常见的猎物包括胡须猪和鹿物种，但为了猎人自己的消费，猎人在捕捉非目标物种和出售剩余肉类方面是机会主义的。缺乏对不可持续狩猎的影响以及相关当局难以监测的认识似乎是该地区野生动物保护的主要挑战。本文强调了乌鲁巴勒地区缺乏记录野生动物利用的研究，这些结果对未来的适应性野生动物管理特别重要，特别是对于砂拉越具有保护重要性的物种。