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Environment and Ecotourism

The Case of the Orang-Utan

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Part of the book series: Studies in the Economies of East and South-East Asia ((SEESEA))

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This chapter examines Malaysia’s impressive economic record over the past decade and focusses on the timber industry and ecotourism as two incompatible economic activities in East Malaysia. These activities, introduced into culturally and ecologically fragile areas, raise broad questions about sustainable tourism and sustainable ecology.

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  1. University of New England, Australia

    Gisela Kaplan

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  1. University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia

    Amarjit Kaur (Associate Professor and Head of Department of Economic History) & Ian Metcalfe (Associate Professor, Division of Earth Sciences) (Associate Professor and Head of Department of Economic History) &  (Associate Professor, Division of Earth Sciences)

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Kaplan, G. (1999). Environment and Ecotourism. In: Kaur, A., Metcalfe, I. (eds) The Shaping of Malaysia. Studies in the Economies of East and South-East Asia. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-27079-8_8

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