Forest Governance and Social Forestry in Sabah, Malaysia: Context, actors and institutions

%T Forest Governance and Social Forestry in Sabah, Malaysia: Context, actors and institutions 
%A Moeliono, M. 
%A Bong, I.W. 
%A Porodong, P. 
%A Naito, D. 
%A (eds.) 
%D 2026 
%I CIFOR-ICRAF 
%C Bogor, Indonesia and Nairobi, Kenya 
%U https://www.cifor-icraf.org/knowledge/publication/9251/ 
%R https://doi.org/10.17528/cifor-icraf/009251 
%X This book presents an overview on the context affecting forest and climate change policies in Sabah with special emphasis on sustainable forest management and social forestry. Written by a team of academics, university and CSO researchers and local government practitioners, it adds to understanding the complexity of forest and land use governance in Sabah, Malaysia specifically. The different chapters discuss how forest governance and climate change policies are structured, deforestation and forest degradation in Sabah and the involvement of local and indigenous peoples in managing land and forest. The final chapter provides a reflection and concludes on how effective, efficient and equitable the governance of forest and land use in Sabah has been.
Table of contents 
Front Matter 
 
Introduction 
Forest and climate change in Malaysia: An overview 
Analysis of the drivers of deforestation and degradation in Sabah 
The political economy of deforestation and degradation in Sabah: The processes behind the drivers 
Forest and communities: Social forestry in Sabah 
Indigenous practices in forest conservation 
Governance of forest and land use in Sabah: Effectiveness, efficiency and equity 
 
%K climate change 
%K climate change mitigation 
%K community involvement 
%K deforestation 
%K degradation 
%K forest management 
%K forest resources 
%K forestry policies 
%K governance 
%K indigenous peoples 
%K land use 
%K logging 
%K natural resources management 
%K oil palms 
%K restoration 
%K social forestry 
%K tropical forests