Impact of Shifting Agriculture on the Sustainability of Anthroscapes in Sarawak, Malaysia

Anthroscapes are continually evolving and are a common feature in developing nations in south-east Asia. Shifting cultivation, a main contributor to the modification of anthroscapes, is viewed as a system that progressively deforests without attempts to regenerate the forests. Traditional methods us...

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Main Authors: Padmanabhan, Eswaran, Eswaran, Hari
Other Authors: Kapur, Selim
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Institution: Universiti Teknologi Petronas
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Published: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2011
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QE Geology
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spelling utp-eprints.55132017-03-20T03:27:37Z Impact of Shifting Agriculture on the Sustainability of Anthroscapes in Sarawak, Malaysia Padmanabhan, Eswaran Eswaran, Hari QE Geology Anthroscapes are continually evolving and are a common feature in developing nations in south-east Asia. Shifting cultivation, a main contributor to the modification of anthroscapes, is viewed as a system that progressively deforests without attempts to regenerate the forests. Traditional methods used in shifting cultivation tend to be sustainable. National decision-makers are confronted with the question of whether or not fragile systems and highland soils can successfully be used for agriculture in a sustainable manner. The resilience of the ecosystem as well as the anthroscapes to these drastic degrading forces is almost zero. To track sustainability, there must be a program of assessment and monitoring of the health of the anthroscape in addition to resource conditions and performance. Poor management strategies would lead to an irreversible destruction of the anthroscapes, given the very low resilience. Anthroscape management strategies have to be continually monitored to ensure sustainability of the various land units. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg Kapur, Selim Eswaran, Hari Blum, Winfried, E.H. 2011 Book Section PeerReviewed application/pdf http://eprints.utp.edu.my/5513/2/Anthroscapes.pdf Padmanabhan, Eswaran and Eswaran, Hari (2011) Impact of Shifting Agriculture on the Sustainability of Anthroscapes in Sarawak, Malaysia. In: Sustainable Land Management: Learning from the PAst for the Future. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 285-292. ISBN 978-3-642-14781-4 http://eprints.utp.edu.my/5513/
institution Universiti Teknologi Petronas
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topic QE Geology
spellingShingle QE Geology
Padmanabhan, Eswaran
Eswaran, Hari
Impact of Shifting Agriculture on the Sustainability of Anthroscapes in Sarawak, Malaysia
description Anthroscapes are continually evolving and are a common feature in developing nations in south-east Asia. Shifting cultivation, a main contributor to the modification of anthroscapes, is viewed as a system that progressively deforests without attempts to regenerate the forests. Traditional methods used in shifting cultivation tend to be sustainable. National decision-makers are confronted with the question of whether or not fragile systems and highland soils can successfully be used for agriculture in a sustainable manner. The resilience of the ecosystem as well as the anthroscapes to these drastic degrading forces is almost zero. To track sustainability, there must be a program of assessment and monitoring of the health of the anthroscape in addition to resource conditions and performance. Poor management strategies would lead to an irreversible destruction of the anthroscapes, given the very low resilience. Anthroscape management strategies have to be continually monitored to ensure sustainability of the various land units.
author2 Kapur, Selim
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author Padmanabhan, Eswaran
Eswaran, Hari
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title Impact of Shifting Agriculture on the Sustainability of Anthroscapes in Sarawak, Malaysia
title_short Impact of Shifting Agriculture on the Sustainability of Anthroscapes in Sarawak, Malaysia
title_full Impact of Shifting Agriculture on the Sustainability of Anthroscapes in Sarawak, Malaysia
title_fullStr Impact of Shifting Agriculture on the Sustainability of Anthroscapes in Sarawak, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Impact of Shifting Agriculture on the Sustainability of Anthroscapes in Sarawak, Malaysia
title_sort impact of shifting agriculture on the sustainability of anthroscapes in sarawak, malaysia
publisher Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
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url http://eprints.utp.edu.my/5513/2/Anthroscapes.pdf
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