From forest landscape to agricultural landscape in the developing tropical country of Malaysia: Pattern, process, and their significance on policy

Environmental Management

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 907-917

  Abdullah, Saiful Arif ^a   Hezri, Adnan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Agricultural expansion; Development policy; Forest transition; Malaysia; Oil palm; Sustainable landscape

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL EXPANSION; DEVELOPMENT POLICY; FOREST TRANSITION; MALAYSIA; OIL PALM; SUSTAINABLE LANDSCAPE;

BIODIVERSITY; DEFORESTATION; FORESTRY; RUBBER; RUBBER PLANTATIONS;

CROPS;

PALM OIL;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CASH CROPPING; CROP PLANT; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FRAGMENTATION; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; PLANTATION; POLICY MAKING; SUSTAINABILITY; URBANIZATION;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; DEFORESTATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FOREST; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE; LANDSCAPING; MALAYSIA; POLICY; RUBBER INDUSTRY; URBANIZATION;

AGRICULTURE; CITY PLANNING; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHY; MALAYSIA; POLICY MAKING; TIME FACTORS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; DEFORESTATION; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL AUDITING; LAND; MALAYSIA; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT; TROPICAL ATMOSPHERES;

ASIA; EURASIA; MALAYSIA; SELANGOR; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WEST MALAYSIA;

ELAEIS;

EID: 54049086513     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-008-9178-3     Document Type: Article

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