Local residents awareness towards the issue of mangrove degradation in Kuala Selangor, Malaysia

Mangroves in Malaysia reside on the coastlines, and the largest areas of mangrove are in the Northern Sabah. They are frequently concentrated on the sheltered shores of the west coast. Over four decades since 1980, mangroves are recorded to be declining due to several reasons. Aquaculture practices...

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Main Authors: Abd Rahman, Mazni Adibah, Asmawi, M. Zainora
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
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Published: 2015
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spelling iium-457122016-05-23T23:45:21Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/45712/ Local residents awareness towards the issue of mangrove degradation in Kuala Selangor, Malaysia Abd Rahman, Mazni Adibah Asmawi, M. Zainora G Geography (General) Mangroves in Malaysia reside on the coastlines, and the largest areas of mangrove are in the Northern Sabah. They are frequently concentrated on the sheltered shores of the west coast. Over four decades since 1980, mangroves are recorded to be declining due to several reasons. Aquaculture practices implemented in the first decade, which spreads faster in Peninsular Malaysia was the reason of mangrove depleting during the years. Therefore, it is the argument of this research that there is not enough awareness of several stakeholders, making it less responsible for taking care of the mangrove forest. 2015-04 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/45712/1/45712_abstract.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/45712/2/45712.pdf Abd Rahman, Mazni Adibah and Asmawi, M. Zainora (2015) Local residents awareness towards the issue of mangrove degradation in Kuala Selangor, Malaysia. In: AMER International Conference on Quality of Life (AicQoL2015), 25th-27th April 2015, Jakarta, Indonesia. http://www.abraindonesia.org/?page_id=16
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Abd Rahman, Mazni Adibah
Asmawi, M. Zainora
Local residents awareness towards the issue of mangrove degradation in Kuala Selangor, Malaysia
description Mangroves in Malaysia reside on the coastlines, and the largest areas of mangrove are in the Northern Sabah. They are frequently concentrated on the sheltered shores of the west coast. Over four decades since 1980, mangroves are recorded to be declining due to several reasons. Aquaculture practices implemented in the first decade, which spreads faster in Peninsular Malaysia was the reason of mangrove depleting during the years. Therefore, it is the argument of this research that there is not enough awareness of several stakeholders, making it less responsible for taking care of the mangrove forest.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Abd Rahman, Mazni Adibah
Asmawi, M. Zainora
author_facet Abd Rahman, Mazni Adibah
Asmawi, M. Zainora
author_sort Abd Rahman, Mazni Adibah
title Local residents awareness towards the issue of mangrove degradation in Kuala Selangor, Malaysia
title_short Local residents awareness towards the issue of mangrove degradation in Kuala Selangor, Malaysia
title_full Local residents awareness towards the issue of mangrove degradation in Kuala Selangor, Malaysia
title_fullStr Local residents awareness towards the issue of mangrove degradation in Kuala Selangor, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Local residents awareness towards the issue of mangrove degradation in Kuala Selangor, Malaysia
title_sort local residents awareness towards the issue of mangrove degradation in kuala selangor, malaysia
publishDate 2015
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/45712/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/45712/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/45712/1/45712_abstract.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/45712/2/45712.pdf
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