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© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature
Switzerland AG 2021
M. T. Abdullah et al. (eds.), Resource Use and Sustainability of Orang Asli,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-64961-6_13
Socio-economic Development
and Sustainable Livelihood of the Orang
Asli
Muhammad Fuad Abdullah, Azmah Othman, Rohana Jani, Juli Edo,
and Mohd Tajuddin Abdullah
Abstract Traditionally, the Orang Asli have exemplified the qualities of good
stewardship in their interaction with the environment. They have obliged to a vital
role in managing and developing the environment through their inherited knowledge
and traditional tutelage practices. The assessment of Orang Asli sustainability is
commonly related to low socio-economic development indicators. The purpose of
this study is to investigate the extant of socio-economic development on the Orang
Asli and their perception towards modern development. This research was conducted
in Kampung Sungai Berua, Hulu Terengganu, Malaysia, where the Orang Asli were
resettled during the construction of the Sultan Mahmud dam that gave rise to Tasik
Kenyir, the largest man-made lake in Peninsular Malaysia. The result showed that
M. F. Abdullah
Institute of Advanced Studies, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
e-mail: fuad87@um.edu.my
A. Othman
Department of Development Studies, Faculty Economics and Administration, University of
Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
e-mail: g3azmah@um.edu.my
R. Jani (*)
Ungku Aziz Centre for Development Studies, Faculty Economics and Administration,
University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
e-mail: rohanaj@um.edu.my
J. Edo
Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Malaya,
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
e-mail: juli@um.edu.my
M. T. Abdullah
Institute of Tropical Biodiversity and Sustainable Development, Universiti Malaysia
Terengganu, Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia
e-mail: mohd.tajuddin@umt.edu.my
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature
Switzerland AG 2021
M. T. Abdullah et al. (eds.), Resource Use and Sustainability of Orang Asli,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-64961-6_13
Socio-economic Development
and Sustainable Livelihood of the Orang
Asli
Muhammad Fuad Abdullah, Azmah Othman, Rohana Jani, Juli Edo,
and Mohd Tajuddin Abdullah
Abstract Traditionally, the Orang Asli have exemplified the qualities of good
stewardship in their interaction with the environment. They have obliged to a vital
role in managing and developing the environment through their inherited knowledge
and traditional tutelage practices. The assessment of Orang Asli sustainability is
commonly related to low socio-economic development indicators. The purpose of
this study is to investigate the extant of socio-economic development on the Orang
Asli and their perception towards modern development. This research was conducted
in Kampung Sungai Berua, Hulu Terengganu, Malaysia, where the Orang Asli were
resettled during the construction of the Sultan Mahmud dam that gave rise to Tasik
Kenyir, the largest man-made lake in Peninsular Malaysia. The result showed that
M. F. Abdullah
Institute of Advanced Studies, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
e-mail: fuad87@um.edu.my
A. Othman
Department of Development Studies, Faculty Economics and Administration, University of
Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
e-mail: g3azmah@um.edu.my
R. Jani (*)
Ungku Aziz Centre for Development Studies, Faculty Economics and Administration,
University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
e-mail: rohanaj@um.edu.my
J. Edo
Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Malaya,
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
e-mail: juli@um.edu.my
M. T. Abdullah
Institute of Tropical Biodiversity and Sustainable Development, Universiti Malaysia
Terengganu, Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia
e-mail: mohd.tajuddin@umt.edu.my