Empty Forest Syndrome: Are we there yet? A preliminary Analysis of the Hunting and Poaching Activities in Selected Areas in Sabah, Malaysia

• Main Authors: Fiffy Hanisdah Saikim, Nurin Shahira Mohd. Yunus, Azniza Mahyudin, Senthilvel K.S.S. Nathan, Hussien Muin, Arnie Hamid, Nor Akmar Abdul Aziz, Nordiana Mohd. Nordin, Norhuda Salleh, Maximus Livon Lo Ka Fu, Julia George Kunai, Petherine Anak Jimbau, Mohd. Afifi Mohd. Nasir, Cornelius Peter, Julianah Awang Joseph, Mahadimenakbar Mohamed Dawood
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Universiti Malaysia Sabah 2023
• Subjects: QL1-355 General Including geographical distribution; SK281-293 Special methods and types of hunting Including bolos, game calling, tracking, trapping, dressing
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/38041/1/ABSTRACT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/38041/2/FULL%20TEXT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/38041/; https://doi.org/10.51200/jtbc.v20i.4641

Hunting poses a longstanding threat to tropical wildlife conservation, now reaching critical levels. In Borneo, Malaysia, around six million animals were hunted yearly in the 1990s, about 36 per sq. km. High demand for game meat, facilitated by improved transportation, drives unsustainable consumpti...