Participatory Sustainable Village Development Within the Bukit Rimbang Bukit Baling Wildlife Reserve Area in Kampar Regency

Sustainability of an Urban Forest: Bukit Timah Nature Reserve, Singapore

Dynamics of an Urban Forest in Response to Urban Development and Management Initiatives — Case of Bukit Timah Nature Reserve

Singapore, a tropical island of only 716 km2, has substantial land under forest. But rapid urbanisation coupled with the scarcity of land has also resulted in exten‐ sive land clearance. Though highly urbanised, Singapore has managed to retain 4.5% of the land area under nature conservation, and 2.9% under closed forest. Out of four protected areas, two of these, the Central Water Catchment For...

Investigating the Role of Participatory Institutions on the Local Development (Case of Study: Islamic Council in the Dehong Village)

In This study we tried to examine the role of participatory institutions in the local development by measuring the effect of social capital on the promotion of performance. Our research sample was Dehong's (a village in south of Iran) Islamic Council. On the other hand it tries to evaluate effect of social capital on local development. The result of the study showed that some of social capital ...

Determination of Soil Moisture Content at Bukit Bunuh Meteorite Impacted Area using Resistivity Method and Laboratory Test

Determination of soil moisture content is of vital importance to many fields of study; civil engineering, hydrology, agriculture, geology, ecology and forestry. The occurrence of impact crater in Bukit Bunuh, a meteorite impacted area, made it an area of great interest to many researchers. In view of the process of impact cratering, the subsurface soil characteristics such as moisture content o...

Checklist of Fishes at Selected Rivers around Bukit Merah Reservoir, Perak, Malaysia.

A study was conducted at five selected rivers around Bukit Merah Reservoir, Perak, Malaysia for eight weeks in order to determine the fish diversity and distribution. A total of 28 species comprised of 9 families were identified. The study depicted that there were significant changes to the fish composition when compared to previous study which had captured 36 species due to different areas cov...