The Last Swiddens of Sarawak, Malaysia

Human Ecology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 109-118

  Mertz, Ole ^a   Egay, Kelvin ^b   Bruun, Thilde Bech ^a   Colding, Tina Svan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAK   (Malaysia)

^c Kort & Matrikelstyrelsen   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Land use change; Livelihoods; Malaysia; Oil palm; Shifting cultivation; Smallholders; Southeast Asia

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; INCOME; LAND USE CHANGE; PADDY FIELD; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; SMALLHOLDER;

EAST MALAYSIA; MALAYSIA; SARAWAK;

ELAEIS;

EID: 84873749555     PISSN: 03007839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10745-012-9559-3     Document Type: Article

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