The socio-economic and cultural impacts of the Pan Borneo Highway on Indigenous and local communities in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2022 Road and highway development can provide multiple benefits to society, but without careful planning, this development can result in negative social and environmental impacts.
Nicola Karen Abram +7 more
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Some introductory notes on the development and characteristics of Sabah Malay [PDF]
Wacana: Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia, 2011 This is a preliminary description of the Malay variety used as a lingua franca in the Malaysian state of Sabah at the northernmost top of Borneo. The paper discusses a number of common linguistic features that distinguish Sabah Malay from other Malay ...
Tom G. Hoogervorst
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PLoS ONE, 2017 This study explored the conservation values of communally reserved forests (CRFs), which local indigenous communities deliberately preserve within their area of shifting cultivation.
Yayoi Takeuchi +6 more
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Characterization of indigenous Durio species from Sarawak, Borneo: relationships between chemical composition and sensory attributes [PDF]
PeerJSarawak, Borneo, harbours 16 unique Durio species, half of which are edible, with only Durio zibethinus widely cultivated. Despite their nutritional and economic significance to the rural communities in Sarawak, the lesser-known indigenous durians remain
Gerevieve Bangi Sujang +3 more
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“State of Intoxication:” Governing Alcohol and Disease in the Forests of British North Borneo
eTropic: electronic journal of studies in the tropics, 2021 This article focuses on issues of alcohol consumption, disease and public health in British North Borneo in the 1920s and 1930s, a colonial territory along the periphery of empire.
David Saunders
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Liberica Coffee Development and Refinement Project in Sarawak Malaysia
Proceedings, 2023 This article discusses the past, present, and future development potential of the Liberica coffee industry in Malaysia, a traditional producer of Liberica coffee.
Kenny Wee Ting Lee
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Massive corals record deforestation in Malaysian Borneo through sediments in river discharge [PDF]
Biogeosciences, 2023 Logging of tropical primary forests is a widely acknowledged global issue threatening biodiversity hotspots and indigenous communities leading to significant land erosion and decreased soil stability.
W. Naciri +15 more
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Epidemiological Characteristics of Strongyloidiasis in Inhabitants of Indigenous Communities in Borneo Island, Malaysia [PDF]
The Korean Journal of Parasitology, 2016 Epidemiological study on strongyloidiasis in humans is currently lacking in Malaysia. Thus, a cross-sectional study was carried out to determine the prevalence of Strongyloides stercoralis infection among the inhabitants of longhouse indigenous communities in Sarawak. A single stool and blood sample were collected from each participant and subjected to
Romano, Ngui +8 more
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A snapshot of environmental health conditions among indigenous baram communities at borneo, Sarawak [PDF]
Annals of Tropical Medicine and Public Health, 2017 Background: This paper outlines the environmental health conditions arising from the synergistic effect of the rampant human activities (illegal logging and rapid expansion of oil palm plantations) that are exploiting the nature resources without proper planning. This led to the unsolved health problem caused by multifaceted of hazards among the remote
Vivien, How, Othman, Khairuddin
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Community migration as an additional branch of Migration Linguistics: Evidence from Borneo
Journal of Modern LanguagesThis paper is about migrations of communities within, into, and out of Borneo. It seeks to adding a further category, community migration, to the four original categories of labour, family, education, and forced migration proposed by Borlongan (2023 ...
James McLellan
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