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author Kangayatkarasu, Nagulendran
Padfield, Rory
Aziz, Sheema A.
Amir, A. Aldrie
Rahman, Abd. Rahim Abd.
Latiff, Mohamad A.
Zafir, Ahmad
Quilter, Aida Ghani
Tan, Ange
Arifah, Sharifuddin
Awang, Noor
Azhar, Noraini
Balu, Perumal
Gan, Pek Chuan
Hii, Ning
Reza, Mohammad I.H.
Lavanya, Rama Iyer Lakshmi
Lim, Teckwyn
Mahendra, Shrestha
Rayan, Darmaraj Mark
McGowan, Suzanne
Paxton, Midori
Mohamed, Zakaria
Salleh, Daim Mohd.
Abdullah, M. Tajuddin
Ibrahim, Nik Aznizan N.
Puan, Chong Leong
Clements, Gopalasamy Reuben
Mohamed, Idris S.M.
Saw, Leng Guan
Shashi, Kumaran
Sivananthan, Elagupillay
Sharma, Dionysius S.K.
Surin, Suksuwan
Vanitha, Ponnusamy
Wadey, Jamie
Hasmah, Wan Mohd Wan
Wong, Ee Phin
Wong, Pui May
Yeap, Chin Aik
Campos-Arceiz, Ahimsa
author_facet Kangayatkarasu, Nagulendran
Padfield, Rory
Aziz, Sheema A.
Amir, A. Aldrie
Rahman, Abd. Rahim Abd.
Latiff, Mohamad A.
Zafir, Ahmad
Quilter, Aida Ghani
Tan, Ange
Arifah, Sharifuddin
Awang, Noor
Azhar, Noraini
Balu, Perumal
Gan, Pek Chuan
Hii, Ning
Reza, Mohammad I.H.
Lavanya, Rama Iyer Lakshmi
Lim, Teckwyn
Mahendra, Shrestha
Rayan, Darmaraj Mark
McGowan, Suzanne
Paxton, Midori
Mohamed, Zakaria
Salleh, Daim Mohd.
Abdullah, M. Tajuddin
Ibrahim, Nik Aznizan N.
Puan, Chong Leong
Clements, Gopalasamy Reuben
Mohamed, Idris S.M.
Saw, Leng Guan
Shashi, Kumaran
Sivananthan, Elagupillay
Sharma, Dionysius S.K.
Surin, Suksuwan
Vanitha, Ponnusamy
Wadey, Jamie
Hasmah, Wan Mohd Wan
Wong, Ee Phin
Wong, Pui May
Yeap, Chin Aik
Campos-Arceiz, Ahimsa
author_sort Kangayatkarasu, Nagulendran
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description Malaysia, with its rapidly growing economy, exemplifies the tensions between conservation and development faced by many tropical nations. Here we present the results of a multi-stakeholder engagement exercise conducted to (1) define conservation priorities in Peninsular Malaysia and (2) explore differences in perceptions among and within stakeholder groups (i.e. government, academia, NGOs and the private sector). Our data collection involved two workshops and two online surveys where participants identified seven general conservation themes and ranked the top five priority issues within each theme. The themes were: (1) policy and management, (2) legislation and enforcement, (3) finance and resource allocation, (4) knowledge, research and development, (5) socio-economic issues, (6) public awareness and participation and (7) rights of nature. In spite of their very different backgrounds and agendas, the four stakeholder groups showed general agreement in their priority preferences except for two issues. Respondents from government and private sector differed the most from each other in their priority choices while academia and NGO showed the highest degree of similarity. This ranked list of 35 conservation priorities is expected to influence the work of policy-makers and others in Peninsular Malaysia and can be used as a model to identify conservation priorities elsewhere.
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spelling nottingham-488702025-09-09T14:17:10Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/48870/ A multi-stakeholder strategy to identify conservation priorities in Peninsular Malaysia Kangayatkarasu, Nagulendran Padfield, Rory Aziz, Sheema A. Amir, A. Aldrie Rahman, Abd. Rahim Abd. Latiff, Mohamad A. Zafir, Ahmad Quilter, Aida Ghani Tan, Ange Arifah, Sharifuddin Awang, Noor Azhar, Noraini Balu, Perumal Gan, Pek Chuan Hii, Ning Reza, Mohammad I.H. Lavanya, Rama Iyer Lakshmi Lim, Teckwyn Mahendra, Shrestha Rayan, Darmaraj Mark McGowan, Suzanne Paxton, Midori Mohamed, Zakaria Salleh, Daim Mohd. Abdullah, M. Tajuddin Ibrahim, Nik Aznizan N. Puan, Chong Leong Clements, Gopalasamy Reuben Mohamed, Idris S.M. Saw, Leng Guan Shashi, Kumaran Sivananthan, Elagupillay Sharma, Dionysius S.K. Surin, Suksuwan Vanitha, Ponnusamy Wadey, Jamie Hasmah, Wan Mohd Wan Wong, Ee Phin Wong, Pui May Yeap, Chin Aik Campos-Arceiz, Ahimsa Malaysia, with its rapidly growing economy, exemplifies the tensions between conservation and development faced by many tropical nations. Here we present the results of a multi-stakeholder engagement exercise conducted to (1) define conservation priorities in Peninsular Malaysia and (2) explore differences in perceptions among and within stakeholder groups (i.e. government, academia, NGOs and the private sector). Our data collection involved two workshops and two online surveys where participants identified seven general conservation themes and ranked the top five priority issues within each theme. The themes were: (1) policy and management, (2) legislation and enforcement, (3) finance and resource allocation, (4) knowledge, research and development, (5) socio-economic issues, (6) public awareness and participation and (7) rights of nature. In spite of their very different backgrounds and agendas, the four stakeholder groups showed general agreement in their priority preferences except for two issues. Respondents from government and private sector differed the most from each other in their priority choices while academia and NGO showed the highest degree of similarity. This ranked list of 35 conservation priorities is expected to influence the work of policy-makers and others in Peninsular Malaysia and can be used as a model to identify conservation priorities elsewhere. Cogent OA 2016-10-31 Article PeerReviewed Kangayatkarasu, Nagulendran, Padfield, Rory, Aziz, Sheema A., Amir, A. Aldrie, Rahman, Abd. Rahim Abd., Latiff, Mohamad A., Zafir, Ahmad, Quilter, Aida Ghani, Tan, Ange, Arifah, Sharifuddin, Awang, Noor, Azhar, Noraini, Balu, Perumal, Gan, Pek Chuan, Hii, Ning, Reza, Mohammad I.H., Lavanya, Rama Iyer Lakshmi, Lim, Teckwyn, Mahendra, Shrestha, Rayan, Darmaraj Mark, McGowan, Suzanne, Paxton, Midori, Mohamed, Zakaria, Salleh, Daim Mohd., Abdullah, M. Tajuddin, Ibrahim, Nik Aznizan N., Puan, Chong Leong, Clements, Gopalasamy Reuben, Mohamed, Idris S.M., Saw, Leng Guan, Shashi, Kumaran, Sivananthan, Elagupillay, Sharma, Dionysius S.K., Surin, Suksuwan, Vanitha, Ponnusamy, Wadey, Jamie, Hasmah, Wan Mohd Wan, Wong, Ee Phin, Wong, Pui May, Yeap, Chin Aik and Campos-Arceiz, Ahimsa (2016) A multi-stakeholder strategy to identify conservation priorities in Peninsular Malaysia. Cogent Environmental Science, 2 . p. 1254078. ISSN 2331-1843 https://www.cogentoa.com/article/10.1080/23311843.2016.1254078 doi:10.1080/23311843.2016.1254078 doi:10.1080/23311843.2016.1254078
spellingShingle Kangayatkarasu, Nagulendran
Padfield, Rory
Aziz, Sheema A.
Amir, A. Aldrie
Rahman, Abd. Rahim Abd.
Latiff, Mohamad A.
Zafir, Ahmad
Quilter, Aida Ghani
Tan, Ange
Arifah, Sharifuddin
Awang, Noor
Azhar, Noraini
Balu, Perumal
Gan, Pek Chuan
Hii, Ning
Reza, Mohammad I.H.
Lavanya, Rama Iyer Lakshmi
Lim, Teckwyn
Mahendra, Shrestha
Rayan, Darmaraj Mark
McGowan, Suzanne
Paxton, Midori
Mohamed, Zakaria
Salleh, Daim Mohd.
Abdullah, M. Tajuddin
Ibrahim, Nik Aznizan N.
Puan, Chong Leong
Clements, Gopalasamy Reuben
Mohamed, Idris S.M.
Saw, Leng Guan
Shashi, Kumaran
Sivananthan, Elagupillay
Sharma, Dionysius S.K.
Surin, Suksuwan
Vanitha, Ponnusamy
Wadey, Jamie
Hasmah, Wan Mohd Wan
Wong, Ee Phin
Wong, Pui May
Yeap, Chin Aik
Campos-Arceiz, Ahimsa
A multi-stakeholder strategy to identify conservation priorities in Peninsular Malaysia
title A multi-stakeholder strategy to identify conservation priorities in Peninsular Malaysia
title_full A multi-stakeholder strategy to identify conservation priorities in Peninsular Malaysia
title_fullStr A multi-stakeholder strategy to identify conservation priorities in Peninsular Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed A multi-stakeholder strategy to identify conservation priorities in Peninsular Malaysia
title_short A multi-stakeholder strategy to identify conservation priorities in Peninsular Malaysia
title_sort multi-stakeholder strategy to identify conservation priorities in peninsular malaysia
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/48870/
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/48870/
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/48870/