Extinction or adaptation? Three decades of change in shifting cultivation in Sarawak, Malaysia

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 135-148

  Hansen, T S ^a,b   Mertz, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Inst of Local Government Studies   (Denmark)

Author keywords

East Malaysia; Iban; Land use change; Migration; Off farm labour; Swidden

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; ECONOMICS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; INVESTMENTS; LAND USE; MARKETING;

DEMOGRAPHY; LAND-USE CHANGE; MALAYSIA; MIGRATION; SHIFTING CULTIVATION;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

AGRICULTURAL CHANGE; AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; AGRICULTURAL POLICY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; OFF-FARM EMPLOYMENT; SHIFTING CULTIVATION;

ASIA; EAST MALAYSIA; EURASIA; MALAYSIA; SARAWAK; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 33646050628     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.720     Document Type: Article

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