Dr. Zaiton Samdin is an Associate Professor in the School of Business and Economics, Universiti Putra Malaysia, and currently a Deputy Director, Institute of Tropical Forestry and Forest Products (INTROP), Universiti Putra Malaysia. She received her PhD degree from the University of Exeter, United Kingdom. Her research interests cover a range of area in ecotourism, sustainable tourism, economic valuation and tourism economics which includes willingness to pay as well as valuation studies in national park and protected areas.Dr. Norfaryanti Kamaruddin is a Senior Researcher at the Laboratory of Sustainable Bioresource Management, Institute of Tropical Forestry and Forest Products (INTROP) in Universiti Putra Malaysia. She received her B.Sc. in Bioindustry majoring in Agriculture Economics and M.Sc. degree in the Agribusiness. She earned her PhD degree on the subject of industrial strategy of agribusiness corporations. She is a team member of CoE of Biomass Valorisation, CIRAD-INTROP. Her research interests cover a range of area in corporate network analysis, bioresource management, and techno economic assessment of wood-based industry. She is heavily involved in CIRAD-UPM Cooperation and an active team member of Sustainable Agricultural Landscapes in Southeast Asia (SALSA) platform.Dr. Sheriza Mohd Razali was born in Malaysia on February 16, 1978. She received her B.Sc. in Forest Management and M.Sc. degree in Application of Remote sensing and GIS from Universiti Putra Malaysia, and Ph.D. in Biodiversity and Environmental Management (Remote sensing and GIS) from Universidad De Murcia, Murcia, Spain. She is currently a Research Officer in the Institute of Tropical Forestry and Forest Products, Universiti Putra Malaysia. She was Research Officer in Malaysian Remote Sensing Agency from 2002 to 2003. She is a member of the Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FGRS), Transdisciplinary Research Grant Scheme(TGRS), and NAPC: Network ASEAN Peat Swamp Forest Communities projects from 2018 until now. She is currently the project leader for Consultancy for Hydrological Modelling Study for the Ulu Muda FR, collaboration between WWF Malaysia, UPM and Universiti Malaysia Terengganu. Her research interests include remote sensing and GIS. She is an expert in ArcGIS, ERDAS and ENVI software. She has published 18 journal papers, a book, 5 book chapters, 18 proceedings and 7 other publications.

• Chapter 1. Conservation of Tropical Forest for the Well-being of Community.- Chapter 2. Forest Pathology in Ecosystem Services.- Chapter 3. Non-Timber Forest Problems: NTFPs in Conservation and Development Initiatives.- Chapter 4. Characterizing and assessing forest density and productivity of Ulu Muda Forest Reserve based on satellite imageries.- Chapter 5. Temporal Reduction of Forest Ecosystem Services and Drivers of Deforestation.- Chapter 6. A Trade-Off Analysis of Sustainable Landscape Planning: A Case Study of Sintang Regency (Heart of Borneo), Kalimantan.- Chapter 7. Land Use and Land Cover Change Prediction using ANN-CA model.- Chapter 8. Linking Blue-Green Infrastructure to Micoclimate and Human Thermal Comfort for Urban Cooling: A review.- Chapter 9. Assessing the Community Participation in Ecotourism at Ulu Muda Forest Reserve Malaysia.- Chapter 10. Improving Livelihood of Sugar Palm Community in Malaysia.- Chapter 11. Local community involvement in Mangrove Forest conservation and edutourism in Kampung Sijangkang.- Chapter 12. The Resilience of the Natural Resource Dependency of Indigenous People in a Wilderness Area: The Case of Virachey National Park, Cambodia.- Chapter 13. Reconciling the values and needs of wildlife and local communities: A way forward to deal with human-wildlife conflicts in Malaysia.

Dr. Zaiton Samdin is an Associate Professor in the School of Business and Economics, Universiti Putra Malaysia, and currently a Deputy Director, Institute of Tropical Forestry and Forest Products (INTROP), Universiti Putra Malaysia. She received her PhD degree from the University of Exeter, United Kingdom. Her research interests cover a range of area in ecotourism, sustainable tourism, economic valuation and tourism economics which includes willingness to pay as well as valuation studies in national park and protected areas.Dr. Norfaryanti Kamaruddin is a Senior Researcher at the Laboratory of Sustainable Bioresource Management, Institute of Tropical Forestry and Forest Products (INTROP) in Universiti Putra Malaysia. She received her B.Sc. in Bioindustry majoring in Agriculture Economics and M.Sc. degree in the Agribusiness. She earned her PhD degree on the subject of industrial strategy of agribusiness corporations. She is a team member of CoE of Biomass Valorisation, CIRAD-INTROP. Her research interests cover a range of area in corporate network analysis, bioresource management, and techno economic assessment of wood-based industry. She is heavily involved in CIRAD-UPM Cooperation and an active team member of Sustainable Agricultural Landscapes in Southeast Asia (SALSA) platform.Dr. Sheriza Mohd Razali was born in Malaysia on February 16, 1978. She received her B.Sc. in Forest Management and M.Sc. degree in Application of Remote sensing and GIS from Universiti Putra Malaysia, and Ph.D. in Biodiversity and Environmental Management (Remote sensing and GIS) from Universidad De Murcia, Murcia, Spain. She is currently a Research Officer in the Institute of Tropical Forestry and Forest Products, Universiti Putra Malaysia. She was Research Officer in Malaysian Remote Sensing Agency from 2002 to 2003. She is a member of the Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FGRS), Transdisciplinary Research Grant Scheme(TGRS), and NAPC: Network ASEAN Peat Swamp Forest Communities projects from 2018 until now. She is currently the project leader for Consultancy for Hydrological Modelling Study for the Ulu Muda FR, collaboration between WWF Malaysia, UPM and Universiti Malaysia Terengganu. Her research interests include remote sensing and GIS. She is an expert in ArcGIS, ERDAS and ENVI software. She has published 18 journal papers, a book, 5 book chapters, 18 proceedings and 7 other publications.

• Chapter 1. Conservation of Tropical Forest for the Well-being of Community.- Chapter 2. Forest Pathology in Ecosystem Services.- Chapter 3. Non-Timber Forest Problems: NTFPs in Conservation and Development Initiatives.- Chapter 4. Characterizing and assessing forest density and productivity of Ulu Muda Forest Reserve based on satellite imageries.- Chapter 5. Temporal Reduction of Forest Ecosystem Services and Drivers of Deforestation.- Chapter 6. A Trade-Off Analysis of Sustainable Landscape Planning: A Case Study of Sintang Regency (Heart of Borneo), Kalimantan.- Chapter 7. Land Use and Land Cover Change Prediction using ANN-CA model.- Chapter 8. Linking Blue-Green Infrastructure to Micoclimate and Human Thermal Comfort for Urban Cooling: A review.- Chapter 9. Assessing the Community Participation in Ecotourism at Ulu Muda Forest Reserve Malaysia.- Chapter 10. Improving Livelihood of Sugar Palm Community in Malaysia.- Chapter 11. Local community involvement in Mangrove Forest conservation and edutourism in Kampung Sijangkang.- Chapter 12. The Resilience of the Natural Resource Dependency of Indigenous People in a Wilderness Area: The Case of Virachey National Park, Cambodia.- Chapter 13. Reconciling the values and needs of wildlife and local communities: A way forward to deal with human-wildlife conflicts in Malaysia.

Dr. Zaiton Samdin is an Associate Professor in the School of Business and Economics, Universiti Putra Malaysia, and currently a Deputy Director, Institute of Tropical Forestry and Forest Products (INTROP), Universiti Putra Malaysia. She received her PhD degree from the University of Exeter, United Kingdom. Her research interests cover a range of area in ecotourism, sustainable tourism, economic valuation and tourism economics which includes willingness to pay as well as valuation studies in national park and protected areas.Dr. Norfaryanti Kamaruddin is a Senior Researcher at the Laboratory of Sustainable Bioresource Management, Institute of Tropical Forestry and Forest Products (INTROP) in Universiti Putra Malaysia. She received her B.Sc. in Bioindustry majoring in Agriculture Economics and M.Sc. degree in the Agribusiness. She earned her PhD degree on the subject of industrial strategy of agribusiness corporations. She is a team member of CoE of Biomass Valorisation, CIRAD-INTROP. Her research interests cover a range of area in corporate network analysis, bioresource management, and techno economic assessment of wood-based industry. She is heavily involved in CIRAD-UPM Cooperation and an active team member of Sustainable Agricultural Landscapes in Southeast Asia (SALSA) platform.Dr. Sheriza Mohd Razali was born in Malaysia on February 16, 1978. She received her B.Sc. in Forest Management and M.Sc. degree in Application of Remote sensing and GIS from Universiti Putra Malaysia, and Ph.D. in Biodiversity and Environmental Management (Remote sensing and GIS) from Universidad De Murcia, Murcia, Spain. She is currently a Research Officer in the Institute of Tropical Forestry and Forest Products, Universiti Putra Malaysia. She was Research Officer in Malaysian Remote Sensing Agency from 2002 to 2003. She is a member of the Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FGRS), Transdisciplinary Research Grant Scheme(TGRS), and NAPC: Network ASEAN Peat Swamp Forest Communities projects from 2018 until now. She is currently the project leader for Consultancy for Hydrological Modelling Study for the Ulu Muda FR, collaboration between WWF Malaysia, UPM and Universiti Malaysia Terengganu. Her research interests include remote sensing and GIS. She is an expert in ArcGIS, ERDAS and ENVI software. She has published 18 journal papers, a book, 5 book chapters, 18 proceedings and 7 other publications.

• Chapter 1. Conservation of Tropical Forest for the Well-being of Community.- Chapter 2. Forest Pathology in Ecosystem Services.- Chapter 3. Non-Timber Forest Problems: NTFPs in Conservation and Development Initiatives.- Chapter 4. Characterizing and assessing forest density and productivity of Ulu Muda Forest Reserve based on satellite imageries.- Chapter 5. Temporal Reduction of Forest Ecosystem Services and Drivers of Deforestation.- Chapter 6. A Trade-Off Analysis of Sustainable Landscape Planning: A Case Study of Sintang Regency (Heart of Borneo), Kalimantan.- Chapter 7. Land Use and Land Cover Change Prediction using ANN-CA model.- Chapter 8. Linking Blue-Green Infrastructure to Micoclimate and Human Thermal Comfort for Urban Cooling: A review.- Chapter 9. Assessing the Community Participation in Ecotourism at Ulu Muda Forest Reserve Malaysia.- Chapter 10. Improving Livelihood of Sugar Palm Community in Malaysia.- Chapter 11. Local community involvement in Mangrove Forest conservation and edutourism in Kampung Sijangkang.- Chapter 12. The Resilience of the Natural Resource Dependency of Indigenous People in a Wilderness Area: The Case of Virachey National Park, Cambodia.- Chapter 13. Reconciling the values and needs of wildlife and local communities: A way forward to deal with human-wildlife conflicts in Malaysia.