Where have All the Forests Gone? Deforestation in Land Below the Wind

Published Date
Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
16 October 2014, Vol.153:363–369, doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.10.069
AMER International Conference on Quality of Life, AicQoL2014KotaKinabalu, The Pacific Sutera Hotel, Sutera Harbour, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia, 4-5 January 2014
Open Access, Creative Commons license

Author 

• Haijon Gunggut ^,
 
• Dg Siti Noor Saufidah Ag Mohd Saufi
 
• Zuraidah Zaaba
 
• May Siaw-Mei Liu

• Locked Bag 71, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah 88997, Sabah

Available online 20 November 2014.

Abstract

Between the 1970s and 1980s, Sabah experienced a rapid loss of forest cover. This paper examines the various accounts for this phenomenon and proposes a synthesis of the various explanations. It considers both macro and micro forces to present a holistic view of the complex and multiple forces affecting forest use leading to rapid forest loss and degradation in Sabah during that period. Economic globalisation, together with local socio-political dynamics have caused the rapid exploitation of forests in Sabah. Economic globalisation also works in synergy with local forces to intensify forest exploitation in Sabah, thus resulting in massive deforestation.

Keywords

Deforestration

forest loss

globalisation 

Sabah

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