Landscape management in tropical regions based on an assessment of ecosystem services

• Main Authors: Hashim, Mazlan, Yoshida, Keiichiro, Ibrahim, Ab. Latif, Okuda, Toshinori, Bongkik, Mahdan, Rani, Roslan
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan 2003
• Subjects: GE Environmental Sciences; HD61 Risk Management; QH301 Biology
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/2174/1/AnnualNIES2002_5_1_Landscape_management.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/2174/; http://www.nies.go.jp/biology/pasoh/topics/report/Annual_report_PDF/2002_PDF/5_1_Landscape_management.pdf

This study reports the assessments of economic values of ecological services (EVSG) at Pasoh Forest Reserve (PFR), Malaysia. A model was proposed for landscape management that encompasses the least economic risk. The specific objectives of this study are: (1) to estimate the EVSG delivered by a biome when it is relatively intact, and when it has been converted to other land uses, including logging and oil palm plantations; (2) to compare the economic value of tropical forest with alternative land uses and evaluate the economic risks of deforestations in PFR; (3) to develop appropriate land use model base on a composition of the economic values of both ecosystem services and commercial products from tropical forests, logged forests, and oil palm plantations using a spatial-based model.