Vulnerability context and well-being factors of Indigenous community development: a study of Peninsular Malaysia

Saifullah, Md. Khaled; Masud, Muhammad Mehedi; Kari, Fatimah

doi:10.1177/1177180121995166

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“…This study expands [26] notion of success for the Orang Asli. Figure 2 illustrates the amalgamation of two main facets of success in education for these Orang Asli.…”

Section: Success As a Concept For The Orang Asli In Educationsupporting

confidence: 64%

Being successful in school: A case study of the Orang Asli (Aboriginal People) of Malaysia

Ahmad

Abdullah

Shariff

et al. 2022

IJERE

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The Orang Asli have been marginalized in many aspects including education. Despite the various support and assistance provided by the government, their development in the educational process is still lagging. However, there are cases of Orang Asli children who have managed to complete their education. The objective of the study is to identify the success factors that help the Orang Asli to be successful in their education. The research is exploratory research using qualitative method, with semi structured interviews as the primary data collection. The respondents are Orang Asli children who have completed their tertiary education. The study found that motivation and the right environment are the two important factors that contributed to the success of the respondents in the study. Environment factor is inclusive of parental, familial and societal contribution to the development of the Orang Asli education. Hence, providing the right motivation and creating the correct environment for the Orang Asli children would help them to complete their education. However, the findings are limited to the selected Orang Asli tribes and cannot be generalized to the whole Orang Asli in the country. Nonetheless, the findings provided relevant insights into the Orang Asli education and can serve as a platform for future studies.

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“…This study expands [26] notion of success for the Orang Asli. Figure 2 illustrates the amalgamation of two main facets of success in education for these Orang Asli.…”

Section: Success As a Concept For The Orang Asli In Educationsupporting

confidence: 64%

Being successful in school: A case study of the Orang Asli (Aboriginal People) of Malaysia

Ahmad

Abdullah

Shariff

et al. 2022

IJERE

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“…After World War II ended in 1945, Malaysia's concern was on alleviating poverty. After more than six decades of independence, Malaysia has managed to reduce her poverty level to 3.8% in 2009 (Hatta and Ali, 2013), however many indigenous communities are still living below National hardcore poverty line (Saifullah et al, 2021). These communities often face crop depredation and other types of conflict with wild elephants, although most are still influence by their ancestor's culture that imbued respect for the elephants (Lim, 2018).…”

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“…The HEC faced by the oil palm plantations occurred since the nineteenth century when Malaysia introduced a rural settlement scheme to reduce poverty and to promote national economic growth (Ahmad Zafir and Magintan, 2016). Poverty rate has since reduced (Hatta and Ali, 2013) but is still prevalent among the Indigenous communities (Saifullah et al, 2021 We duly acknowledge that the intrinsic value of a wild elephant calculated here is purely an academic exercise and that the existence of any endangered species individuals is deemed priceless by the conservation communities (Soule, 1985) and any concerned citizen. However, in an effort to move the larger society toward supporting biodiversity conservation, increasingly the language of economics is used to justify the need for conservation despite challenges in capturing the complex relationship between nature and people via invisible and intrinsic values in addition to direct and indirect economic benefits (Kareiva and Marvier, 2012;Dasgupta, 2021).…”

Section: Povertymentioning

confidence: 94%

Living With Elephants: Evidence-Based Planning to Conserve Wild Elephants in a Megadiverse South East Asian Country

Wong¹,

Campos‐Arceiz²,

Zulaikha³

et al. 2021

Front. Conserv. Sci.

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Theory of Change (ToC) and Social Return of Investment (SROI) are planning tools that help projects craft strategic approaches in order to create the most impact. In 2018, the Management & Ecology of Malaysian Elephants (MEME) carried out planning exercises using these tools to develop an Asian elephant conservation project with agriculture communities. First, a problem tree was constructed together with stakeholders, with issues arranged along a cause-and-effect continuum. There were 17 main issues identified, ranging from habitat connectivity and fragmentation, to the lack of tolerance toward wild elephants. All issues ultimately stemmed from a human mindset that favors human-centric development. The stakeholders recognize the need to extend conservation efforts beyond protected areas and move toward coexistence with agriculture communities for the survival of the wild elephants. We mapped previous Human-Elephant Conflict (HEC) management methods and other governmental policies in Malaysia against the problem tree, and provided an overview of the different groups of stakeholders. The ToC was developed and adapted for each entity, while including Asian elephants as a stakeholder in the project. From the SROI estimation, we extrapolated the intrinsic value of the wild Asian elephant population in Johor, Malaysia, to be conservatively worth at least MYR 7.3 million (USD 1.8 million) per year. From the overall calculations, the potential SROI value of the project is 18.96 within 5 years, meaning for every ringgit invested in the project, it generates MYR 18.96 (USD 4.74) worth of social return value. There are caveats with using these value estimations outside of the SROI context, which was thoroughly discussed. The SROI provides projects with the ability to justify to funders the social return values of its activities, which we have adapted to include the intrinsic value of an endangered megafauna. Moreover, SROI encourages projects to consider unintended impacts (i.e., replacement, displacement, and deadweight), and acknowledge contributions from stakeholders. The development of the problem tree and ToC via SROI approach, can help in clarifying priorities and encourage thinking out of the box. For this case study, we presented the thinking process, full framework and provided evidences to support the Theory of Change.

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“…The increasingly high social pressure may pose threat to their source of livelihood. Several studies have concluded that indigenous people in Malaysia tend to remain poor due to insufficient access to basic education and the inability to work and receive housing and other infrastructure support (Saifullah et al, 2021). The socio-economic needs of the Orang Asli are not handled properly (Ismail et al, 2019).…”

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Actor’s Social Actions and Their Dynamics in The Social System: A Case Study of Traditional Charcoal-Making Business in The Livelihood of The Akit Community

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The Akit community generally uses mangrove wood as raw material for charcoal. The purpose of this study was to analyze (a) the development of the charcoal-making business, (b) the type of social action in the Akit community's charcoal-making business, and (c) the dynamics of the charcoal-making business. This research was conducted using an ethnographic approach. The results: from the 1980s to 1994, production was initially regulated solely to meet local needs. In the era of 1995 to 2005, it experienced a high market demand for mangrove charcoal along with a flourishing business network with Malaysian toke. After 2005 the charcoal business dimmed again due to government regulations. The actors involved in the charcoal business are workers, owners of very small panglongs, and owners of small panglongs (tokes). The social action run the panglong business as an effort to meet their family needs, and thus they worked based on instrumental rationality. These charcoal-making entrepreneurs operated their businesses based on instrumental and traditional actions. The social action of the toke actor is instrumental rationality and value-oriented rationality. The dynamics of the charcoal business in the Akit community have experienced ups and downs.

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Vulnerability context and well-being factors of Indigenous community development: a study of Peninsular Malaysia

Cited by 19 publications

References 47 publications

Being successful in school: A case study of the Orang Asli (Aboriginal People) of Malaysia

Being successful in school: A case study of the Orang Asli (Aboriginal People) of Malaysia

Living With Elephants: Evidence-Based Planning to Conserve Wild Elephants in a Megadiverse South East Asian Country

Actor’s Social Actions and Their Dynamics in The Social System: A Case Study of Traditional Charcoal-Making Business in The Livelihood of The Akit Community

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