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Elephant conservation and mitigation of human-elephant conflict in Government of Malaysia-UNDP multiple-use forest landscapes project area in Sabah

Year: 2016

Type: article

Abstract: The Bornean subspecies of Asian elephant is mainly restricted to Sabah, \nMalaysia. Declining revenues from logging in Sabah due to high levels of past extraction, \nis now leading to conversion of forests to land-uses generating greater short term revenue, \nsuch as oil palm plantations. However, such forest conversion results in habitat loss, \nfragmentation and increased human-elephant-conflict. Currently, 261,264 ha of central \nSabah forests are being brought under a ‘multiple use forest landscape management \nmodel’. The initiative envisions various developmental activities including oil palm \nplantations, while attempting to conserve elephants and other biodiversity by protecting \ncritical landscape segments and improving plantation sustainability

Source: ORCA Online Research @Cardiff (Cardiff University)

Authors: Nurzhafarina Othman, Prithiviraj Fernando, K. Yoganand, Marc Ancrenaz, R. J. Ancrenaz, Senthilvel K. S. S. Nathan, Benoît Goossens

Language: English

Topic: Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Subfield: Ecology

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Life on land

Open Access status: green

Funders: Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

OpenAlex ID: W2189441727

FWCI: 1.25

Cites: 7

Cited by: 10

Related to: 10