In the light of the development of the Malaysian forestry sector in recent years, this article gives an overview of the implications of applying multiple – purpose forest management in Malaysia. As a result the article gives few fold recommendations on how, and under which conditions, multiple-forest management could be supportive of the Malaysia's development goals.
APPANAHS. 1999. Trends and Issues in Tropical Forest Management: Setting the Agenda for Malaysia. ‘Conference on Forestry and Forest Products Research’ Proceedings, Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia
2.
BERTAULTJ. G., DUPEB., MATTERH. F. 1995. Silviculture for Sustainable Management of Tropical Moist Forest. UNASYLVA, Vol. 46, No.181.
3.
BOSCOLOM., BUONGIORNOJ. 1997. Managing a tropical rainforest for timber, carbon storage and tree diversity. Commonwealth Forestry Review, No. 76 (4), pp. 246–254.
4.
CHEAHL.C.1991. Sustained yield natural forest management in peninsular Malaysia: Opportunities for more effective forest practices. Malaysian Forestry and Forest Products Research, Proceedings of the conference October3–4, 1990, pp. 1–15
5.
DICKINSONBM., DICKINSONJ.C., PUTZF.C. 1996. Natural forest management as a conservation tool in the tropics: divergent views on possibilities and alternatives. Commonwealth Forestry Review, No. 75 (4), pp. 309–315.
HOLDGATEM. 1993. Sustainability in the forest. Commonwealth Forestry Review, Volume72 (4), pp. 217–225
8.
ITTO1992. Guidelines for the Sustainable Management of Natural Tropical Forests.Policy Development Series No. 1. International Tropical Timber Organisation, Yokohama.
9.
KLEINEM., HEUVELDOPJ. 1993. A management planning concept for sustained yield of tropical forests in Sabah, Malaysia. Forest ecology and management, Vol. 61, pp. 277–297.
10.
KOLLERTW., UEBELHOTK., KLEINEM. 1995. Financial analysis of natural forest management on a sustainable yield basis: A case study for the Deramakot forest reserve in Sabah, Malaysia. Report 200, GTZ Malaysian-German sustainable forest management project.
11.
KUMARIK. 1996. Sustainable Forest Management: Myth or Reality? Exploring the Prospects for Malaysia. Ambio, Vol 25, No.7, pp. 459–467.
12.
MATHERA.S. 1990. Global Forest Resources, Belhaven Press, London
13.
MOKS.T. 1992. Potential for sustainable tropical forest management in Malaysia. Unasylva, Vol. 43, No.169.
14.
PLUMPTRER. A. 1996. Links between utilisation, product marketing and forest management in tropical moist forest. Commonwealth Forestry Review, No.75 (4), pp. 316–324
