Rehabilitation of Degraded Tropical Rainforest Using Dipterocarp Trees in Sarawak, Malaysia

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Hattori Daisuke,1,2 Kenzo Tanaka,3Kendawang Joseph Jawa,4 Ninomiya Ikuo,5and Sakurai Katsutoshi6

1United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Ehime University, Matsuyama 790-8566, Japan
2Tokushima Center for Climate Change Actions, 1-23 Higashiokinosu, Tokushima 770-0873, Japan
3Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Tsukuba 305-8687, Japan
4Forest Department Sarawak, 8th Floor, Wisma Sumber Alam, Jalan Stadium, Petra Jaya, 93660 Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
5Faculty of Agriculture, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Ehime 790-8566, Japan
6Faculty of Agriculture, Kochi University, Nankoku 783-8502, Japan

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