Proximate and underlying causes of forest cover change in Peninsular Malaysia

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 44, Issue , 2014, Pages 18-25

  Miyamoto, Motoe ^a   Mohd Parid, Mamat ^b   Noor Aini, Zakaria ^b   Michinaka, Tetsuya ^a  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Akaike Information Criterion (AIC); Deforestation reduction; Model selection; Oil palm; Poverty alleviation; REDD

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; ECONOMICS; POPULATION STATISTICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL TESTS;

AKAIKE INFORMATION CRITERION; MODEL SELECTION; OIL PALM; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; REDD;

PALM OIL;

BIOLOGICAL POPULATIONS; DEFORESTATION; ECONOMICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ELAEIS;

EID: 84901910836     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2014.05.007     Document Type: Article

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