Sarawak Planted Forest

The 46th annual meeting of the Japanese Society of Cultural Anthropology

Posted on 2012/06/11 by nakane

Our fellow members will make presentations in the session of the meeting. Please come and join us to explore and share the outcome of our research in Sarawak. The 46th annual meeting of the Japanese Society of Cultural Anthropology [Place] Higashi-Hiroshima Campus, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima Workshop “Tropical forest and its society – the prospect of an ethnographic study of Sarawak” [Date]：June 23 (Sat.) ９：３０－１２：２５ [Venue]：G（K１１０） Coordinator：Goro Hasegawa（J.F. Overlin University） Presentation 1 Yumi Kato（Research Institute for Humanity and Nature） “They dynamism of human-nature relationship – a discussion of a case of Sihan” Presentation 2 Kyoko Sakuma（ASAFAS, Kyoto University） “The views on human-forests interactions based on resource utilization – […]

An overview of Anap-Muput Forest Management Unit [Hiromitsu Samejima]

Posted on 2012/05/07 by nakane

An Overview of Anap-Muput Forest Management Unit Hiromitsu Samejima（CSEAS, Kyoto University) 　 East Malaysia (Sabah and Sarawak) can be divided into following land categories in general¹ 1. Government land 1.1 Natural reserves such as national parks 1.2 Concessions (the lease of commercial exploitation rights) managed by private companies 1.2.1 Logging management in natural forests (selective logging) 1.2.2 Industrial tree plantation (Plantations of fast-grow- ing trees species (ex. Acacia mangium) 1.2.3 Oil palm plantations 2. Private property mainly employing the shifting cultiva- tion system of hill padi ¹There is some land that is earmarked for other use, but the area is small. 　In sparsely populated East Malaysia, the major part of […]

May 9 (Wed.), 2012: Cross-Disciplinary Research Workshop

Posted on 2012/04/27 by nakane

Cross-Disciplinary Research Workshop Date：May 9（Wed.）15：00～17：00 Speaker： Miyako Koizumi Commentator： Hiromitsu Samejima At：Center for Southeast Asia Studies, Kyoto Univ. First Floor of East Build. Conference Room（subject to change）　Ms. Koizumi will report on her plant biodiversity survey at Anap-Muput, Malaysia. 　Mr. Koizumi will report on the methodology, procedures, analysis and identification technique of the plants. 　Ms. Koizumi will illustrate her study in an easy-to-understand manner for researchers of different fields. 　Mr. Samejima will make a supplementary statement and explain how does he follow the study of Ms. Koizumi and tell us the current status of the study.

Characteristics of our research region

Posted on 2012/02/07 by nakane

Characteristics of our research region 　For our project we selected areas along the Kemena and Tatau rivers in the Bintulu district of Sarawak, Malaysia. 　In these areas, we can observe natural forests, logged forests, secondary forests, shifting cultivation fields, and pepper fields all of which are common in many regions of Sarawak. But our research regions have, in addition to that, large-scale oil palm plantations and planted forests of acacia. Today, oil palm is largely cultivated among the small farmers in this area. 　This region provides a wide variety of vegetation on a watershed scale and it is truly remarkable from the aspect of landscape ecology. This region’s heterogeneous landscape […]