way of life including generating their incomes through sustainable farming, rubber tapping and hunting. 77 This form of co-management between the authorities and indigenous communities is also being considered for the proposed gazetting of the Tun Mustapha Park which is a marine area currently utilised by the IP. The Park is to be gazetted for the purpose of protecting habitats to support the livelihood of artisanal and commercial fisheries and to alleviate the socio-economic condition of the local indigenous communities. Government agencies, including Sabah Parks, Sabah Fisheries Department, Universiti Malaysia Sabah and the Land and Survey Department, NGOs, WWF-Malaysia and the local indigenous communities are working together to make this project a realisation. 78 (v) Poverty Eradication Poverty eradication is a constant aim set to be achieved by the Malaysian Government and is evident from its repeated inclusion as one of the major thrusts since the very first Malaysia Plan 1966 – 1970. 79 As a result, the incidence of poverty in Malaysia has significantly reduced from 49.3% 80 in 1970 to 1.7% 81 in 2012, while the incidence of hardcore poverty decreased from 6.9% 82 to 0.2 83in the same period. Correspondingly, the Laili Ismail, ‘Wild wonders of Crocker Range’ New Straits Times (8 May 2014) <http://www2.nst.com.my/lifetimes/holiday/wild-wonders-of-crocker-range-1.590021>; Ludi Apin et al., ‘Community Use Zone of Crocker Range Park, Sabah, Malaysia’ delivered at the 1st Asia Park Congress, Sendai, JAPAN, 14-15 November 2013<http://asia-parks.org/pdf/wg2/APC_WG3-08_Ludi%20Apin.pdf>; Daily Express, ‘Crocker Range accorded Biosphere reserve status’ Daily Express (Kuala Lumpur, 20 October 2014) <http://www.dailyexpress.com.my/news.cfm?NewsID=92397>accessed 21 October 2014; PACOS Trust (n 71) 11 78 Sabah Parks, ‘The Sabah Parks Board of Trustees’<http://www.sabahparks.org.my/eng/events/event_details.asp?eventsid=99>accessed 4 March 2013 79 Economic Planning Unit (EPU), First Malaysia Plan 1966-1970, 2; EPU, Second Malaysia Plan 1971-1975, 1; EPU, Third Malaysia Plan 1976-1980, 44-50, 159-198; EPU, Fourth Malaysia Plan 1981-1985, 155, 170-177; EPU, Fifth Malaysia Plan 1986-1990, 16-19; EPU, Sixth Malaysia Plan 1991-1995, 3, 4, 63 80; EPU, Seventh Malaysia Plan 1996-2000, 12-14, 69-99; EPU, Eighth Malaysia Plan 2001-2005, 4-6, 9-11, 55-83; EPU, Ninth Malaysia Plan 2006 – 2010, 34-37, 323-353< http://www.epu.gov.my/en/previous-plans>accessed 8 September 2014; EPU, Tenth Malaysia Plan 2011-2015, 18-19, 140-188 <http://www.epu.gov.my/eputheme/RMKE10/rmke10_english.html>accessed 8 September 2014 80 EPU, Incidence of Poverty by Ethnicity, Strata and State, Malaysia, 1970-2012, <http://www.epu.gov.my/documents/10124/669145a4-1b34-4f04-9043-31b24d1c3442>accessed 31 July 2014 81 Ibid. 82 EPU, Incidence of Hardcore Poverty by Ethnicity, Strata and State, Malaysia, 1984-2012, <http://www.epu.gov.my/documents/10124/ea7c59c2-3eb8-453e-8f11-0627d71200b8> accessed 10 September 2014 83 Ibid. 77 22