Editor's Letter
J F S
Journal of Forest Science
Editorial Foreword to the Special Issue of Journal of Forest Science “Challenges on Biodiversity Conservation in Borneo”
School of International Tropical Forestry, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah 88400, Malaysia Tel: 6088320000 ext. 8773, Fax: 6088320876, E-mail: [email protected]
The articles presented in this special issue of Journal of Forest Science “Challenges on Biodiversity Conservation in Borneo” are intended to address the broad and diverse scopes of biodiversity conservation in Borneo. Research endeavors, from land cover change analysis at a landscape scale to perception study of local people, have resulted from an international seminar organized by Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia and Asia Pacific Network for Global Change Research. Such broad-spectrum topics are presented within this edition in order to highlight the multidisciplinary approaches that have been used in dealing with biodiversity conservation in Borneo.
Of the seven articles presented, two provide updates on land cover change and deforestation at a landscape scale in Malaysian Borneo, and three serve to illustrate how satellite remote sensing and Geographic Information System (GIS) can be applied to modeling of plant species distribution in Borneo.
Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation-plus (REDD＋) has been perceived as having a positive effect on biodiversity conservation. One article illustrates the application of a simple method for evaluation of REDD＋ pro- grams at East Kalimantan, Indonesia with criteria of biodiversity conservation, carbon and poverty alleviation. One article presented findings on forest dependency and conservation perceptions of a resettlement project’s community in Sabah, Malaysia.
I would like to thank all the contributors for their excellent articles that capture some of the major issues related to bio- diversity conservation in the third largest island in the World, Borneo.
Mui-How Phua Subject Editor Journal of Forest Science
