Syed Aziz Ur Rehman

Historical Assessment of Forestland Conversion to Oil Palm Plantations in Riau and West Kalimantan, Indonesia

Syed Aziz Ur Rehman, Supiandi Sabiham, Untung Sudadi & Syaiful Anwar · International Journal of Plant & Soil Science · 2015

Forest’s conversion associated with the expansion of industrial scale oil palm plantations in the two provinces of Indonesia (Riau and West Kalimantan) was documented using Landsat images that were visually interpreted to create a province-wide map of 11 different land cover type...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/IJPSS/2015/13263

Impacts of Oil Palm Plantations on Climate Change: A Review of Peat Swamp Forests’ Conversion in Indonesia

Syed Aziz Ur Rehman, Supiandi Sabiham, Untung Sudadi & Syaiful Anwar · International Journal of Plant & Soil Science · 2014

Indonesia possesses a rich biodiversity with abundant natural resources such as tropical rain and peat swamp forests, oil and gas deposits, and fertile soils just to name a few. The state policies on natural resource management were decentralized and the power and local autonomy...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/IJPSS/2015/11848