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Book Chapter

November 2019

Stream Fish Biodiversity and the Effects of Plantations in the Bintulu Region, Sarawak

In Anthropogenic Tropical Forests: Human–Nature Interfaces on the Plantation Frontier

The biodiversity of stream-dwelling fish and the effects of oil palm and acacia plantations on this biodiversity were evaluated by field research conducted in the Bintulu region of central Sarawak, Malaysia. A quantitative survey was conducted at 61 locations by electrofishing. These 61 locations included 16 sites in oil palm plantations, five...

Book Chapter

November 2019

The Effects of Landscape and Livelihood Transitions on Hunting in Sarawak

In Anthropogenic Tropical Forests: Human–Nature Interfaces on the Plantation Frontier

Over the last few decades, the landscape of Borneo has drastically changed from primary forests to a mosaic of secondary forests and crop plantations, and more recently to the monocultures of single crop plantations. At the same time, livelihoods have become more linked to urban economies. To evaluate the effects of these changes on hunting...

Book Chapter

November 2019

Current Status and Distribution of Communally Reserved Forests in a Human-Modified Landscape in Bintulu, Sarawak

In Anthropogenic Tropical Forests: Human–Nature Interfaces on the Plantation Frontier

In the traditional agricultural land-use pattern of the indigenous peoples of inland Sarawak, there are small areas of primary forests, referred to as a pulau or communally reserved forests (CRFs), which are customarily reserved by local communities. Here, we investigate the current condition and geographic distribution of CRFs in the human...

Book Chapter

November 2019

Tropical Timber Trading from Southeast Asia to Japan

In Anthropogenic Tropical Forests: Human–Nature Interfaces on the Plantation Frontier

Southeast Asian countries have been important suppliers of tropical timber to Japan since the early twentieth century. This chapter begins with a comparative examination of the history of the timber trade in the Philippines, Malaysia (Sabah and Sarawak), Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, for whom Japan has historically been the major market for round...

Conference Proceeding

August 2019

International Forum for Sustainable Asia and the Pacific (ISAP2019) Summary Report

International Forum for Sustainable Asia and the Pacific (ISAP2019)

The International Forum for Sustainable Asia and the Pacific (ISAP) is held annually to share information and facilitate diverse discussions on sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific, with the participation of front-line experts and diverse stakeholders from international organisations, governments, business and NGOs. ISAP began in 2009 as...

Book Chapter

October 2019

Status of Solid Waste Management in Myanmar: Key Challenges and Opportunities

In Sustainable Waste Management Challenges in Developing Countries

Myanmar, the largest country in mainland Southeast Asia, has been facing considerable challenges with the management of solid waste in the recent past because of increasing income and consumption patterns, urban growth, and lack of effective waste management policies, treatment, and disposal methods. Waste management is also a crosscutting issue...

Book Chapter

January 2020

Enhancing Capacities for Building Climate and Disaster-Resilient Cities in Asia: Case Study of Cebu, Philippines and Nonthaburi, Thailand

In Resilient Policies in Asian Cities: Adaptation to Climate Change and Natural Disasters

Enhancing capacity for building resilient cities is a growing concern among policy makers and international communities to minimize the impacts of climate change and natural disasters. The UN Conference on Sustainable Development 2012 and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (2015–2030) called for urgent need in building resilient...

Peer-reviewed Article

November 2019

Challenges and an Implementation Framework for Sustainable Municipal Organic Waste Management Using Biogas Technology in Emerging Asian Countries

In sustainability

Due to its ability to recover both material and energy from organic waste, biogas technology is considered one of the best technology for treating organic waste. While in many emerging Asian countries more than 50% of municipal waste is organic waste, the amount of organic waste treated with biogas technology remains very limited. This study...

Policy Report

January 2020

January 2020

Environmental Changes in Tonle Sap Lake and its Floodplain: Status and Policy Recommendations

Tonle Sap Lake (TSL), the largest lake in South East Asia, is under increasing pressure from pollution, land-use change, climate change, and development activities in the lake, its basin and the Mekong Basin. Recent changes in the lake hydrological system and its floodplains are becoming a great concern for hundreds of communities relying on the...

Briefing Note

June 2019

Briefing Note “Voluntary Local Reviews (VLR) – an innovative, inclusive way to connect the local to the national, regional, and global processes”

The themes of this year’s 6th APFSD – inclusion, equality, and empowerment (aligned with those reviewed at this year’s HLPF) – led to an increasing focus on how to localize the SDGs and enhance inclusivity at a local level, in an evidence-informed manner. Voluntary Local Reviews (VLRs) are local government-led initiatives to review their own...