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A Report on Longhouse Communities in the Anap River Basin: Based on Household Surveys
[Yumi Kato][Hiromitsu Samejima][Masahiro Ichikawa]

Posted on 2014/09/04 by nakane

A Report on Longhouse Communities in the Anap River Basin: Based on Household Surveys Yumi Kato（Hakubi Center for Advanced Research, Kyoto University） Hiromitsu Samejima（Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University） Masahiro Ichikawa (Department of Agriculture, Kochi University) Introduction 　This is a report on surveys of villages in the Anap River Basin of Sarawak, Malaysia. The aim of the surveys was to collect basic information and to figure outline of the longhouse communities in Anap River Basin. This report documents our itinerary and presents excerpts from the interviews carried out by Masahiro Ichikawa, Hiromitsu Samejima, and Yumi Kato on August 23–25, 2011. We conducted interviews in Rh. Mawang and Rh. Entri […]

Oil Palm Smallholding by Longhouse Villagers in Inland Area, Sarawak　[Yumi Kato, Ryoji Soda]

Posted on 2013/04/09 by nakane

Oil Palm Smallholding by Longhouse Villagers in Inland Area, Sarawak Yumi Kato（Waseda University Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies） Ryoji Soda（Graduate School of Literature and Human Sciences, Osaka City University） Introduction 　The recent growth of oil palm agriculture in Sarawak, Malaysia is remarkable. In the 1990s, the area planted with oil palm was less than 200,000 hectares. In 2004, it was more than 500,000 hectares and it reached 920,000 hectares in 2010. （Fig.1） Fig.1: The expansion of the area of oil palm agriculture in Sarawak (1991-2009)(ha) Source: Yearbook of Statistics Sarawak, Malaysian Palm Oil Statistics 2007, 2010 　In general, oil palm plantations are created after clear-cutting over a wide range of existing […]

Feedback on Preliminary Research in Sarawak, Malaysia [Yucho Sadamichi]

Posted on 2012/03/07 by nakane

Feedback on Preliminary Research in Sarawak, Malaysia Yucho Sadamichi (The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology) 　I have been working on environmental assessment, called Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), and in particular on the analysis of greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions resulting from the use of biofuels. LCA is based on a cradle-to-grave approach, covering land preparation, cultivation, transportation, biomass-to-energy conversion, distribution and consumption in the case of biofuels. 　In the past couple of years, I have visited factories and plantations in Southeast Asia to conduct LCA analyses for enterprises and governments, mainly focusing on how to reduce GHG emissions induced by their activities. This year I joined this […]