Transforming Borneo: From Land Exploitation to Sustainable Development, Chun ShengGoh and LesleyPotter, ISEAS Publishing, Singapore, 2023 Pp. 358. ISBN 978 9815 011647

Asian-Pacific Economic LiteratureEarly View BOOK REVIEW Transforming Borneo: From Land Exploitation to Sustainable Development, Chun Sheng Goh and Lesley Potter, ISEAS Publishing, Singapore, 2023 Pp. 358. ISBN 978 9815 011647 Neil Byron, Corresponding Author Neil Byron [email protected] Institute of Applied Ecology, University of Canberra[email protected]Search for more papers by this author Neil Byron, Corresponding Author Neil Byron [email protected] Institute of Applied Ecology, University of Canberra[email protected]Search for more papers by this author First published: 21 September 2023 https://doi.org/10.1111/apel.12386 Disclosure: Neil Byron has been a colleague and friend of Potter, and admirer of her prolific research, for 35 years. His wife co-authored books with Potter, including In Place of the Forest (UN University Press, 1995). As Assistant Director General of the Centre for International Forest Research (1993–98), Neil had responsibility for the CIFOR research forest—some 300,000+ ha of remote and barely accessible forest in the Malinau region of East Kalimantan, managed for conservation and social-environmental research (no timber harvesting). A 2017 visit revealed that the forest has been depleted, replaced by mines, oil palm and rubber plantations, and related infrastructure and urbanisation. That part of Borneo (now in North Kalimantan) had been transformed beyond recognition in less than 20 years. Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onEmailFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Early ViewOnline Version of Record before inclusion in an issue RelatedInformation