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Tropical Forest Ecosystem Services in Improving Livelihoods For Local Communities

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Editors:
  1. Zaiton Samdin

    1. School of Business and Economics, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Selangor, Malaysia

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  2. Norfaryanti Kamaruddin

    1. Institute of Tropical Forestry and Forest Products (INTROP), Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Selangor, Malaysia

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  3. Sheriza Mohd Razali

    1. Institute of Tropical Forestry and Forest Products (INTROP), Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Selangor, Malaysia

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  • Covers all aspects of tropical ecosystem services in detail

  • Focuses on latest evidence-based approach in diagnosis and management of tropical forest ecosystem and its services

  • Special section on the community development activities related to the tropical forest ecosystem and services

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Conservation of Tropical Forest for the Well-Being of Community

    • Wan Norhidayah W. Mohamad
    Pages 1-14

  3. Forest Pathology in Ecosystem Services

    • Dzarifah Zulperi, Rohaya Ibrahim, Anysia Hedy Ujat, Adam Zafdri Md Zali, Yasmin Ja’afar, Daljit Singh Karam
    Pages 15-28

  4. Non-timber Forest Problems: NTFPs in Conservation and Development Initiatives

    • Melaina Dyck
    Pages 29-44

  5. Characterizing and Assessing Forest Density and Productivity of Ulu Muda Forest Reserve Based on Satellite Imageries

    • Sheriza Mohd Razali, Nor Rohaizah Jamil, Mohd Sofiyan Sulaiman, Maizatul Azwa Radzi
    Pages 45-69

  6. Temporal Reduction of Forest Ecosystem Services and Drivers of Deforestation

    • Mahirah Kamaludin, Moe Shwe Sin
    Pages 71-90

  7. A Trade-Off Analysis of Sustainable Landscape Planning: A Case Study of Sintang Regency (Heart of Borneo), Kalimantan

    • Sopian Hidayat, Rina Wulandari, Noor Aini Zakaria, Christy Desta Pratama
    Pages 91-106

  8. Land Use and Land Cover Change Prediction Using ANN-CA Model

    • K. Norizah, J. Jamhuri, M. Balqis, I. Mohd Hasmadi, A. A. Nor Akmar
    Pages 107-125

  9. Linking Blue-Green Infrastructure to Microclimate and Human Thermal Comfort for Urban Cooling: A Review

    • Ruzana Sanusi
    Pages 127-154

  10. Assessing the Community Participation in Ecotourism at Ulu Muda Forest Reserve, Malaysia

    • Zaiton Samdin, Siti Intan Nurdiana Wong Abdullah, Thanam Subramaniam
    Pages 155-178

  11. Improving Livelihood of Sugar Palm Community in Malaysia

    • R. A. Ilyas, S. M. Sapuan, M. S. N. Atikah, M. R. M. Huzaifah, M. R. Ishak, Z. Leman
    Pages 179-203

  12. Local Community Involvement in Mangrove Forest Conservation and Edutourism in Kampung Sijangkang

    • Norfaryanti Kamaruddin, Mohd Hambali Mohd Jailani, Zaiton Samdin
    Pages 205-221

  13. The Resilience of the Natural Resource Dependency of Indigenous People in a Wilderness Area: The Case of Virachey National Park, Cambodia

    • Phanith Chou, Hoeurn Cheb
    Pages 223-236

  14. Reconciling the Values and Needs of Wildlife and Local Communities: A Way Forward to Deal with Human–Wildlife Conflicts in Malaysia

    • Chong Leong Puan, Amera Natasha Mah Muhammad Adam Mah
    Pages 237-249
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About this book

This edited book covers major importance of tropical forest diversity and its values to vegetation, wildlife, and the local community. It addresses the current issues and opportunities in the Southeast Asia’s tropical forests. This book lays the groundwork for a better understanding of tropical forest ecosystem services. Ecosystem services has four concepts: provisioning, regulating, cultural and supporting services. In an era of rapid population growth and increasing pressure on tropical natural resources, ecosystem services have become central to the discussion of climate change mitigation. The values of tropical forest ecosystem services deserve to be the highlighted when it comes to shaping responsible behaviors towards sustainable development goals (SDGs). This book is of interest and useful to researchers and academics teaching in the field of tropical forest conservation, tropical ecosystems, tropical products technology, ecotourism, forest plantation management, bio industrial economy, agroforestry business and marketing. Professionals, foresters, industrial entrepreneurs, ecologists, and a valuable source of reference to the relevant researchers and students in the region.

Editors and Affiliations

  • School of Business and Economics, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Selangor, Malaysia

    Zaiton Samdin

  • Institute of Tropical Forestry and Forest Products (INTROP), Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Selangor, Malaysia

    Norfaryanti Kamaruddin, Sheriza Mohd Razali

About the editors

Dr. Zaiton Samdin is an Associate Professor in the School of Business and Economics, Universiti Putra Malaysia, and currently a Deputy Director, Institute of Tropical Forestry and Forest Products (INTROP), Universiti Putra Malaysia. She received her PhD degree from the University of Exeter, United Kingdom. Her research interests cover a range of area in ecotourism, sustainable tourism, economic valuation and tourism economics which includes willingness to pay as well as valuation studies in national park and protected areas.

Dr. Norfaryanti Kamaruddin is a Senior Researcher at the Laboratory of Sustainable Bioresource Management, Institute of Tropical Forestry and Forest Products (INTROP) in Universiti Putra Malaysia. She received her B.Sc. in Bioindustry majoring in Agriculture Economics and M.Sc. degree in the Agribusiness. She earned her PhD degree on the subject of industrial strategy of agribusiness corporations. She is a team member of CoE of Biomass Valorisation, CIRAD-INTROP. Her research interests cover a range of area in corporate network analysis, bioresource management, and techno economic assessment of wood-based industry. She is heavily involved in CIRAD-UPM Cooperation and an active team member of Sustainable Agricultural Landscapes in Southeast Asia (SALSA) platform.


Dr. Sheriza Mohd Razali was born in Malaysia on February 16, 1978. She received her B.Sc. in Forest Management and M.Sc. degree in Application of Remote sensing and GIS from Universiti Putra Malaysia, and Ph.D. in Biodiversity and Environmental Management (Remote sensing and GIS) from Universidad De Murcia, Murcia, Spain. She is currently a Research Officer in the Institute of Tropical Forestry and Forest Products, Universiti Putra Malaysia. She was Research Officer in Malaysian Remote Sensing Agency from 2002 to 2003. She is a member of the Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FGRS), Transdisciplinary Research Grant Scheme (TGRS), and NAPC: Network ASEAN Peat Swamp Forest Communities projects from 2018 until now. She is currently the project leader for Consultancy for Hydrological Modelling Study for the Ulu Muda FR, collaboration between WWF Malaysia, UPM and Universiti Malaysia Terengganu. Her research interests include remote sensing and GIS. She is an expert in ArcGIS, ERDAS and ENVI software. She has published 18 journal papers, a book, 5 book chapters, 18 proceedings and 7 other publications.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Tropical Forest Ecosystem Services in Improving Livelihoods For Local Communities

  • Editors: Zaiton Samdin, Norfaryanti Kamaruddin, Sheriza Mohd Razali

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-3342-4

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2023

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-19-3341-7Published: 14 December 2022

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-19-3344-8Published: 14 December 2023

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-19-3342-4Published: 13 December 2022

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 249

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Ecosystems, Forestry, Ecology

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