Being Neighbor to a National Park: Are We Ready for Community Participation?

Published Date
2012, Vol.36:211–220, doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2012.03.024

ASEAN Conference on Environment-Behaviour Studies (AcE-Bs), Savoy Homann Bidakara Hotel, 15-17 June 2011, Bandung, Indonesia

Open Access, Creative Commons license

Title 

Being Neighbor to a National Park: Are We Ready for Community Participation?

• Author 

• Mohd Salleh Daim ^a,,
• Aidatul Fadzlin Bakri ^b
• Hikmah Kamarudin ^b
• Siti Aisyah Zakaria ^c

• aCenter for Biodiversity and Sustainable Development, UiTM, Shah Alam
• bFaculty of Architecture, Planning and Surveying, UiTM Shah Alam
• cPlanning Department, Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur

Available online 19 April 2012.

Abstract

In Malaysia, many local communities reside within and around protected areas. Conflict, misunderstanding and mistrust often occur between the local communities and the protected area management. This study explores the perception and readiness of a chosen community on community participation in national park management. Questionnaires were distributed to 34 villagers in Kampung Bantal, Ulu Tembeling, Pahang, a remote village neighboring the Pahang National Park. The respondents indicate positive attitude towards community participation. This close knit community has the potential and strength to initiate community participation initiative. However, they require encouragement towards participation and in enhancing their community self-empowerment.

Keywords

Community participation protected

 area national

 park

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Gateway to Sustainable National Park ☆

Published Date
20 September 2013, Vol.85:296–307, doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2013.08.360

AcE-Bs 2013 Hanoi (ASEAN Conference on Environment-Behaviour Studies), Hanoi Architectural University, Hanoi, Vietnam, 18-21 March 2013.

Open Access, Creative Commons license

Title 

Gateway to Sustainable National Park ☆

• Author 

• Rodzyah Mohd Yunus ^a,,
• Shamsury Ab. Karim ^b
• Zalina Samadi ^a

• aFaculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying
• bFaculty of Business Management Universiti Teknologi MARA, 40450 Shah Alam Malaysia

Available online 7 October 2013.

Abstract

This research explores issues on sustainability of Malaysian National Park (called Taman Negara), complied ecotourism approach with a balanced between economic development and preservation. With this approach, a holistic manner in managing the natural and cultural heritage of Taman Negara is expected. The objective of this paper is to relate various issues of heritage sustainability with environment-behavior. Unobtrusive observation and interviews with the locals are methods to identify the problems. Remote sensing images were taken to monitor land use changes. The expected outcome of the study is to generate a conceptual approach for developing sustainable Taman Negara as a tourist destination.

Keywords

Sustainable

preservation

environment-behaviour

cultural pattern

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Mid-infrared spectroscopy and chemometrics in corn starch classification

Published Date
16 June 1997, Vol.410:551–554, doi:10.1016/S0022-2860(96)09517-8

Molecular Spectroscopy and Molecular Structure 1996

Title 

Mid-infrared spectroscopy and chemometrics in corn starch classification

• Author 

• N. Dupuy ^,a
• C. Wojciechowski ^b
• C.D. Ta ^b
• J.P. Huvenne ^a
• P. Legrand ^a

• aLaboratoire de Spectroscopie Infrarouge et Raman, LASIR, CNRS, Bât C5, Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille, 59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex, France
• bCentre de Recherche et d'Etudes Alimentaires (CREALIS), Danone, Zone Industrielle du Teinchurier, 19100 Brive, France

Received 26 August 1996. Revised 10 October 1996. Accepted 11 October 1996. Available online 7 November 2003.

Abstract

The authentication of food is a very important issue for both the consumer and the food industry at all levels of the food chain from raw materials to finished products. Corn starch can be used in a wide variety of food preparations such as bakery cream fillings, sauces, salad dressings, frozen foods etc.

Many modifications are made to corn starch in connection with its use in agrofood. The value of the product increases with the degree of modification. Some chemical and physical tests have been devised to solve the problem of identifying these modifications but all the methods are time consuming and require skilled operators.

We separate corn starches into groups related to their modification on the basis of the infrared spectra.

Keywords

FTIR

PCA 

Chemometrics Starc

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