Mohd Azlan, Jayasilan and Chin, Sing Yun and Wong, James Tai Hock and Lok, Lisa Choy Hong (2023) Introduction. In: Bukit Durang Hidden Jewel of Ulu Suai, Sarawak: Biodiversity at a Glance. UNIMAS Publisher and Wilmar Plantations Sdn Bhd, pp. 9-14. ISBN 978-967-0054-36-0
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Abstract
The escalation of land use conversion to agriculture is one of the key drivers of the decline in critical ecosystem function and biodiversity. Vast areas of forest in the tropics have been cleared and planted for various agricultural crops including oil palm, which is one of the most important crops in many tropical countries especially Indonesia and Malaysia. The establishment of oil palm plantations is an incredibly intensive process, involving converting native vegetation, usually degraded land or logged over forest to a plantation, often leaving behind fragmented and isolated rainforest in an oil palm matrix.
| Item Type: | Book Chapter |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | agriculture, biodiversity |
| Subjects: | Q Science > QL Zoology |
| Divisions: | Academic Faculties, Institutes and Centres > Institute of Biodiversity and Environmental Conservation Faculties, Institutes, Centres > Institute of Biodiversity and Environmental Conservation |
| Depositing User: | Tuah |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Sep 2023 01:41 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Sep 2023 01:41 |
| URI: | http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/42801 |
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