A5052050742- Oil Palm Production and Sustainability
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Food Science and Nutritional Studies
- Biofuel production and bioconversion
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation
- Agricultural Economics and Practices
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Economic and Environmental Valuation
- Agricultural Science and Fertilization
University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus
2015-2016
The recent Southeast Asian haze crisis has generated intense public scrutiny over the rate, methods and types of landscape change in tropics. Debate centred on environmental impacts large-scale agricultural expansion, particularly associated loss high carbon stock forest forests conservation value. Focusing palm oil—a versatile food crop source bioenergy—this paper analyses national, international corporate policy initiatives order to clarify current future direction oil expansion Malaysia...
Malaysia, with its rapidly growing economy, exemplifies the tensions between conservation and development faced by many tropical nations. Here we present results of a multi-stakeholder engagement exercise conducted to (1) define priorities in Peninsular Malaysia (2) explore differences perceptions among within stakeholder groups (i.e. government, academia, NGOs private sector). Our data collection involved two workshops online surveys where participants identified seven general themes ranked...