Research agendas for the sustainable management of tropical peatland in Malaysia

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 73-83

  Padfield, Rory ^a   Waldron, Susan ^b   Drew, Simon ^b   Papargyropoulou, Effie ^a   Kumaran, Shashi ^c   Page, Susan ^d   Gilvear, Dave ^e   Armstrong, Alona ^b   Evers, Stephanie ^f   Williams, Paul ^g   Zakaria, Zuriati ^a   Chin, Sing Yun ^h   Balle Hansen, Sune ^a   Campos Arceiz, Ahimsa ^f   Latif, Mohd Talib ⁱ   Sayok, Alex ^j   Tham, Mun Hou ^a  

^a MALAYSIA JAPAN INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e Faculty of Science and Technology   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM MALAYSIA CAMPUS   (Malaysia)

^g QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^h Assembly Process Innovation   (Malaysia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^j UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAK   (Malaysia)

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Author keywords

Malaysia; research agendas; stakeholder engagement; sustainable management; tropical peatland

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; GROUNDWATER; LAND USE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TROPICS;

MALAYSIA; PEATLAND; RESEARCH AGENDA; STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT;

WETLANDS;

EID: 84922338187     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: 14694387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892914000034     Document Type: Article

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