Deforestation, forest degradation and readiness of local people of Lubuk Antu, Sarawak for REDD+

Deforestation, forest degradation and readiness of local people of Lubuk Antu, Sarawak for REDD+

Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation-plus (REDD+) is considered as an important mitigation strategy against global warming. However, the implementation of REDD+ can adversely affect local people who have been practicing shifting cultivation for generations. We analyzed Landsa...

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Main Authors: Mui-How Phua, Wilson Wong, Mea, How Goh, Kamlisa Uni Kamlun, Julius Kodoh, Stephen Teo, Fazilah Majid Cooke, Satoshi Tsuyuki
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Published: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2014
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spelling ukm-78072016-12-14T06:45:15Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7807/ Deforestation, forest degradation and readiness of local people of Lubuk Antu, Sarawak for REDD+ Mui-How Phua, Wilson Wong, Mea, How Goh Kamlisa Uni Kamlun, Julius Kodoh, Stephen Teo, Fazilah Majid Cooke, Satoshi Tsuyuki, Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation-plus (REDD+) is considered as an important mitigation strategy against global warming. However, the implementation of REDD+ can adversely affect local people who have been practicing shifting cultivation for generations. We analyzed Landsat-5 Thematic Mapper images of 1990 and 2009 to quantifying deforestation and forest degradation at Lubuk Antu District, a typical rural area of Sarawak, Malaysia. The results showed significant loss of intact forest at 0.9% per year, which was substantially higher than the rate of Sarawak. There were increases of oil palm and rubber areas but degraded forest, the second largest land cover type, had increased considerably. The local people were mostly shifting cultivators, who indicated readiness of accepting the REDD+ mechanism if they were given compensation. We estimated the monthly willingness to accept (WTA) at RM462, which can be considered as the opportunity cost of foregoing their existing shifting cultivation. The monthly WTA was well correlated with their monthly household expenses. Instead of cash payment, rubber cultivation scheme was the most preferred form of compensation. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2014-10 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7807/1/01_Mui-How.pdf Mui-How Phua, and Wilson Wong, and Mea, How Goh and Kamlisa Uni Kamlun, and Julius Kodoh, and Stephen Teo, and Fazilah Majid Cooke, and Satoshi Tsuyuki, (2014) Deforestation, forest degradation and readiness of local people of Lubuk Antu, Sarawak for REDD+. Sains Malaysiana, 43 (10). pp. 1461-1470. ISSN 0126-6039 http://www.ukm.my/jsm/
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description Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation-plus (REDD+) is considered as an important mitigation strategy against global warming. However, the implementation of REDD+ can adversely affect local people who have been practicing shifting cultivation for generations. We analyzed Landsat-5 Thematic Mapper images of 1990 and 2009 to quantifying deforestation and forest degradation at Lubuk Antu District, a typical rural area of Sarawak, Malaysia. The results showed significant loss of intact forest at 0.9% per year, which was substantially higher than the rate of Sarawak. There were increases of oil palm and rubber areas but degraded forest, the second largest land cover type, had increased considerably. The local people were mostly shifting cultivators, who indicated readiness of accepting the REDD+ mechanism if they were given compensation. We estimated the monthly willingness to accept (WTA) at RM462, which can be considered as the opportunity cost of foregoing their existing shifting cultivation. The monthly WTA was well correlated with their monthly household expenses. Instead of cash payment, rubber cultivation scheme was the most preferred form of compensation.
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author Mui-How Phua,
Wilson Wong,
Mea, How Goh
Kamlisa Uni Kamlun,
Julius Kodoh,
Stephen Teo,
Fazilah Majid Cooke,
Satoshi Tsuyuki,
spellingShingle Mui-How Phua,
Wilson Wong,
Mea, How Goh
Kamlisa Uni Kamlun,
Julius Kodoh,
Stephen Teo,
Fazilah Majid Cooke,
Satoshi Tsuyuki,
Deforestation, forest degradation and readiness of local people of Lubuk Antu, Sarawak for REDD+
author_facet Mui-How Phua,
Wilson Wong,
Mea, How Goh
Kamlisa Uni Kamlun,
Julius Kodoh,
Stephen Teo,
Fazilah Majid Cooke,
Satoshi Tsuyuki,
author_sort Mui-How Phua,
title Deforestation, forest degradation and readiness of local people of Lubuk Antu, Sarawak for REDD+
title_short Deforestation, forest degradation and readiness of local people of Lubuk Antu, Sarawak for REDD+
title_full Deforestation, forest degradation and readiness of local people of Lubuk Antu, Sarawak for REDD+
title_fullStr Deforestation, forest degradation and readiness of local people of Lubuk Antu, Sarawak for REDD+
title_full_unstemmed Deforestation, forest degradation and readiness of local people of Lubuk Antu, Sarawak for REDD+
title_sort deforestation, forest degradation and readiness of local people of lubuk antu, sarawak for redd+
publisher Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate 2014
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7807/
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http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7807/1/01_Mui-How.pdf
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