Community activities and the impacts on the environment at Krau Wildlife Reserve, Malaysia / Che Bon Ahmad, Jamalunlaili Abdullah and Jasmee Jaafar

Protected Areas (PAs) are signißcantfor ecosystem and communities. Studies suggested that land use activities carried out by the community surrounding the PAs could increase the pressure to the latter. Thus, this study is to identify the land use activities carried out by them, and to ascertain its spatial impact towards KWR. This study chooses a RS techniques and ground verißcation using GPS. 7he ßndings conßrm that there are land use activities performed by the communities, mostly on flat and less at hilly and undulating areas. Large scale plantations and encroachment are the major impact on the KWR

Buffer zone concept and its potential implementation in Tasek Bera / Che Bon Ahmad, Jamalunlaili Abdullah and Jasmee Jaafar

Tasek Bera (TB), one of the Protected Areas (PA) in Malaysia is an important site for natural ecosystem and community’s life. Previous studies suggested that the activities around the Pas gave a great impact to the latter. Thus, the implementation and management of the surrounding areas – Buffer Zones (BZ) are necessary to safeguard the PAs. This study interviewed in- depth, six stakeholders of TB and the adjacent areas. Results indicated that although all stakeholders agreed on the overall concept and the importance of the BZs, there are disagreement in term of threats and opportunities derived from the potential implementation of it

Spatial Adaptation of Protected Area Buffer Zones in Urban Setting: Impact on human and conservation agenda

It is considerably challenging task to have a buffer zone (BZ) around protected areas (PA) in the urban area due to the conflict of interest between conservation and development. There is a need for ‘win-win situation’. This research is to identify the impact of a potential buffer zone on human and conservation of natural environment which derived from the stakeholders’ understanding. In-depth interviews with stakeholders of the PA and their surroundings were carried out. The findings suggested that a ‘dual purpose’ BZ – environmental conservation and socio-economic benefits are suitable for the FRIM area.Keywords:; Buffer Zone Concept; Protected Areas; Urban Setting; FRIM, MalaysiaISSN: 2398-4287© 2017. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA by e-International Pub lishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BYNC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) and ArcGIS for Shipping Container Counting

The current approach in counting shipping containers at port terminal in Malaysia is done manually. This process will incur cost, time and labour intensive. Furthermore, this technical issue has led to delay in container operation. This has made the operational efficiency factor to be questioned. Therefore, promoting an automated approached seems appealing. Previous studies demonstrate the capability of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) images for automatic counting of cars and trees. In this study, combinations of aerial images captured using UAV and geo-processing software, ArcGIS, are promoted towards automated approach for counting shipping containers. The overlapping UAV aerial images are post-processed using photogrammetric technique to create Digital Surface Model (DSM) which represents the ground and above surface features elevations. Then, the constructed DSM is filtered to produce the Digital Terrain Model (DTM) that represents the ground surface only. The containers candidates will then be isolated by subtracting the DTM from DSM to generate normalized DSM (nDSM) that represents heights of containers stacks. Knowing the standard size and height of one container, the number of container can be extracted. The ModelBuilder tool provided under ArcGIS made automated geo-processing able to be customized. This paper will discuss the steps taken in the automated process and the benefits towards operational efficiency at container terminals

Homogeneous climate divisions for Peninsular Malaysia

Classification of Peninsular Malaysia was delineated by integrating in-situ temperature elements data and Geographical Information System (GIS) raster data. The principal component (PC) analysis was applied to long-term mean monthly temperature elements data for monsoon seasons. The first three principal components were chosen to be statistically significant accounted for 96.5% of the variability in the 27 variables. These three components are related to the mean monthly variation in minimum temperature during monsoon season (first PC) the mean monthly variation in maximum and the mean temperature in southwest monsoon (second PC) and the mean monthly variation in maximum temperature during northeast monsoon (third PC). Cluster analyes were applied to create clusters of meteorological stations of which six classes were formed. To determine cluster boundaries interpolation analysis was applied to generate GIS raster data of factor scores. The supervised classification analysis was then performed to the generated GIS factor data. The result of a maximum likelihood classification produced three clusters when summarized by districts. Final classification results of climate divisions show rational climate regionalization that reveals control on temperature. The use of factor score GIS raster data effectively assists the generation of meteorological station clusters grouped using only in-situ data. © 2011 Lavoisier SAS. All rights reserved

Death sentence for drug traffickers: to uphold or to abolish / Jasmee Hameeza Jaafar, Norhani Mohd Adzhar, Nurafinie Mohd Fadzly

This research is about the punishment of death penalty for the drug trafficking offences. The main issue to be discussed in this research is whether death penalties for drug trafficking should be uphold or abolished. This research includes the idea that will discuss the problems and issues that arose by imposing death penalty for drug traffickers through discussion from books, journal, material and scholar's perceptions, which are related to the topic. This research also discuss the historical background of death penalty in Malaysia and the amendment in Section 39B Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 and how it relates to death sentence also discussing the issues whether death penalty can deter the serious crime and also the study regarding the effectiveness of death penalty in deterring the crime. We have also done a research regarding the issues whether the death penalty is considered as barbaric form of punishment in modern society and whether it is acceptable by the people

Spatial Adaptation of Protected Area Buffer Zones in Urban Setting: Impact on human and conservation agenda

It is considerably challenging task to have a buffer zone (BZ) around protected areas (PA) in the urban area due to the conflict of interest between conservation and development. There is a need for ‘win-win situation’. This research is to identify the impact of a potential buffer zone on human and conservation of natural environment which derived from the stakeholders’ understanding. In-depth interviews with stakeholders of the PA and their surroundings were carried out. The findings suggested that a ‘dual purpose’ BZ – environmental conservation and socio-economic benefits are suitable for the FRIM area. Keywords:; Buffer Zone Concept; Protected Areas; Urban Setting; FRIM, Malaysia ISSN: 2398-4287© 2017. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA by e-International Pub lishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BYNC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia