Springer Greater Kenyir Landscapes: Social Development and Environmental Sustainability: From Ridge to Reef

This book contains research findings from three major study areas, natural sciences, social sciences, and public policy and management. The focus area extends over geographical zones ranging from mountainous area of Mount Gagau in the Taman Negara National Park, down to the coastal islands of Bidong, Redang and Perhentian on the eastern coast of Peninsular Malaysia. Chapters on natural sciences examine the physicochemical characteristics of water, physiological and ecological constraints to geological and climatological aspects. The social science and management chapters observe the rich ethno-heritage of local communities and how they interact and develop as a culture, and public policy for sustainable management. Viewpoints from political science, history, sociology, economics, anthropology and management science are also taken into account. This book is intended for researchers and graduate students to create an understanding of the rich heritage, while policy makers plan for future generations. Readers will benefit from this book by studying the gaps in the current knowledge and move to develop further research to understand the unexplored forest canopies and the dynamics of the changing Greater Kenyir landscapes. From the Back Cover This book contains research findings from three major study areas, natural sciences, social sciences, and public policy and management. The focus area extends over geographical zones ranging from mountainous area of Mount Gagau in the Taman Negara National Park, down to the coastal islands of Bidong, Redang and Perhentian on the eastern coast of Peninsular Malaysia. Chapters on natural sciences examine the physicochemical characteristics of water, physiological and ecological constraints to geological and climatological aspects. The social science and management chapters observe the rich ethno-heritage of local communities and how they interact and develop as a culture, and public policy for sustainable management. Viewpoints from political science, history, sociology, economics, anthropology and management science are also taken into account. This book is intended for researchers and graduate students to create an understanding of the rich heritage, while policy makers plan for future generations. Readers will benefit from this book by studying the gaps in the current knowledge and move to develop further research to understand the unexplored forest canopies and the dynamics of the changing Greater Kenyir landscapes. About the Author Mohd Tajuddin Abdullah is a professor at the School of Marine and Environmental Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu. He received his PhD in zoology from the University of Queensland, Australia; MSc and BSc from the West Virginia University, USA, and Diploma in Forestry from the Institut Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. He was elected and inducted as a Fellow in the Academy of Science Malaysia on the 8 June 2013; and DIMP from the Royal Highness the Sultan of Pahang. His research discipline is in biology with specialisation in zoology, molecular ecology, biodiversity and protected area management. In 1970s to 1990s he studied on the endangered Sumatran rhinos. In late 1990s he studied in Borneo on the wildlife diversity, distribution, population, ecology, and species conservation and their natural habitats. From 2000 to 2014 he used molecular methods to study on the ecology, biogeography and evolution of mammals in Borneo and Peninsular Malaysia. From 2011 he received grants to study on zoonoses, genome and metagenomic of primates. From 2014 onwards he worked in the Greater Kenyir, on the canopy wildlife distribution patterns in the dipterocarp forest, wetlands and islands on the east coast of Malaysia. Aqilah Mohammad is a senior lecturer who teaches Mycology at the School of Marine and Environmental Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu. She received her PhD  in Biological Sciences from the Royal Holloway, University of London, U