Expansion of Industrial Plantations Continues to Threaten Malayan Tiger Habitat

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dc.contributor.authorShevade, Varada S.
dc.contributor.authorPotapov, Peter V.
dc.contributor.authorHarris, Nancy L.
dc.contributor.authorLoboda, Tatiana V.
dc.date.accessioned2023-11-28T17:05:33Z
dc.date.available2023-11-28T17:05:33Z
dc.date.issued2017-07-19
dc.description.abstractSoutheast Asia has some of the highest deforestation rates globally, with Malaysia being identified as a deforestation hotspot. The Malayan tiger, a critically endangered subspecies of the tiger endemic to Peninsular Malaysia, is threatened by habitat loss and fragmentation. In this study, we estimate the natural forest loss and conversion to plantations in Peninsular Malaysia and specifically in its tiger habitat between 1988 and 2012 using the Landsat data archive. We estimate a total loss of 1.35 Mha of natural forest area within Peninsular Malaysia over the entire study period, with 0.83 Mha lost within the tiger habitat. Nearly half (48%) of the natural forest loss area represents conversion to tree plantations. The annual area of new plantation establishment from natural forest conversion increased from 20 thousand ha year−1 during 1988–2000 to 34 thousand ha year−1 during 2001–2012. Large-scale industrial plantations, primarily those of oil palm, as well as recently cleared land, constitute 80% of forest converted to plantations since 1988. We conclude that industrial plantation expansion has been a persistent threat to natural forests within the Malayan tiger habitat. Expanding oil palm plantations dominate forest conversions while those for rubber are an emerging threat.
dc.description.urihttps://doi.org/10.3390/rs9070747
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/dspace/hddh-m8oj
dc.identifier.citationShevade, V.S.; Potapov, P.V.; Harris, N.L.; Loboda, T.V. Expansion of Industrial Plantations Continues to Threaten Malayan Tiger Habitat. Remote Sens. 2017, 9, 747.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/31503
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherMDPI
dc.relation.isAvailableAtCollege of Behavioral & Social Sciencesen_us
dc.relation.isAvailableAtGeographyen_us
dc.relation.isAvailableAtDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_us
dc.relation.isAvailableAtUniversity of Maryland (College Park, MD)en_us
dc.subjectPeninsular Malaysia
dc.subjecttiger habitat
dc.subjectforest loss
dc.subjectplantations
dc.subjectoil palm
dc.subjectrubber
dc.titleExpansion of Industrial Plantations Continues to Threaten Malayan Tiger Habitat
dc.typeArticle
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