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Trade-offs among competing uses of a Malaysian forested catchments

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 April 2001

SHAHWAHID H. O. MOHD ,
NOOR A. G. AWANG ,
RAHIM N. ABDUL ,
Y. ZULKIFLI  and
U. RAZANI
SHAHWAHID H. O. MOHD
Affiliation:
Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics and Management, Universiti Putra Malaysia
NOOR A. G. AWANG
Affiliation:
Lecturer, Department of Forest Management, Faculty of Forestry, Universiti Putra Malaysia
RAHIM N. ABDUL
Affiliation:
Director, Division of Techno Economics, Forest Research Institute of Malaysia
Y. ZULKIFLI
Affiliation:
Senior Research Officer, Forest Research Institute of Malaysia
U. RAZANI
Affiliation:
State Director of Forestry, Selangor
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Abstract

In this project, an attempt is made to estimate the costs and benefits of managing forested catchments in Malaysia. Three land use options are simulated for four selected catchments in the Hulu Langat Forest Reserves (HLFR), Selangor, Malaysia. These options are no logging or catchment protection (CP), reduced impact logging (RIL) and conventional logging (CL). The potential sedimentation impacts of each option on the dam and water intake ponds in the catchments are calculated. The benefits derived from logging, hydro-electric power (HEP) generation and the water regulatory dam for water treatment and the external costs emanating from the sedimentation under the three options are estimated. The computations are based on data collected from previous studies conducted in adjacent areas with similar hydrological parameters, secondary data from published reports by various departmental agencies and from on-site personnel surveys.

Type
Theory and Applications
Information
Environment and Development Economics , Volume 4 , Issue 3 , July 1999 , pp. 279 - 311
Copyright
© 1999 Cambridge University Press

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