Professor Dr. Normah Awang Besar @ Raffie
Fakulti Perhutanan Tropika, UMS
Normah Awang Besar @ Raffie is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Tropical Forestry. She is a lecturer at the Forest Plantation and Agroforestry Programme. She received her BSc degree in Agriculture Science from Universiti Pertanian Malaysia (UPM) (1993), MSC in Land Resource Management (LARM), UPM (2000), and PhD degree in Natural Sciences (Hamburg, Germany) (2007). She has been with the Universiti Malaysia Sabah since 1999 and has served in various positions over the years. She was appointed as the Head of the Forest Plantation and Agroforestry Programme (2000-2004), as the Deputy Dean (Academic and Student Affairs) 2008-2010, as the Dean of, the School of International Tropical Forestry, UMS (2011-2014). as the Deputy Director at Research Management Centre, UMS (2016-2018) and was appointed as the Director of Research Management Centre, UMS (2018-2020) and she was appointed as the Dean, Faculty of Tropical Forestry (2021- present). She was vice president of the Malaysia Soil Science Society (MSSS) for the Sabah region (2008-2014). Her main subjects are soil science, agroforestry systems and practices. Her received research grants from National and international levels are in the fields of soil science, agroforestry, forestry, and environment. She is active in research and consulting in the forest carbon research group for the soil carbon area.
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Fakulti Perhutanan Tropika, UMS
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Fakulti Perhutanan Tropika, UMS
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RM 4,813,002.00
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Forestry Sciences - Forest Soil Properties, Nutrient Cycles and Fluxes
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Current Research Projects
The whisper of the pangolin a story inspired by the indigenous wisdom of borneo
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2026 - 2026
Swd mulch
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2026 - 2027
The sunda pangolin guardian of the ums hidden forest
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2026 - 2026
Feasibility study on esg carbon credit in kampung kiau, kota belud sabah
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2025 - 2026
Studies on humic acid, microbial formulation, animal manure compost and seedling size effects on growth and yield of pamelo and soursop gardens
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2024 - 2026
The effect of altitude zonation on forest carbon stock and carbon sequestration potential in tropical rainforest, borneo, malaysia
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2024 - 2027
Forestry living lab sfera@ums
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2023 - 2026
Study for visualization of environmental contribution by afforestation/reforestation activities in sabah malaysia
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2023 - 2027
Assessing the role of enrichment planting in a large-scale tropical rainforest restoration project using time series datasets
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2023 - 2026
Estimation on total carbon stock in neolamarckia calamba stand at sabah, malaysia.
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2023 - 2026
Carbon sequestration potential in maliau basin forest conservation area, sabah, malaysia.
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2023 - 2026
Forestry living lab: jawala
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2023 - 2026
An integrated conjoined recurrent and convolutional neural network approach to classifying time-series forests hyper-spectral images for automated carbon stock estimation.
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2022 - 2025
Restoration of forest biodiversity, carbon sequestration and enhancement of ecosystem services within the coservation set asides of the sandakan bay estates
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2022 - 2026
Cocoa-based agroforestry with selected fast growing trees plantation in sabah
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2021 - 2026
Modernhive towards sustainable practice in stingless bee industry in malaysia forest, sabah.
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2020 - 2022
Floristic composition and conservation status of trees in maliau basin forest, sabah.
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2020 - 2022
Anatomical characterization of host-parasitic relationships between tetrastigma spp. in gunung gading and tanjung datu nasional parks, sarawak.
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2020 - 2022
Soil invertebrates and its effects on soil quality for agriculture in sabah
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2019 - 2024
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Phua Mui How , Luiza Majuakim , Colin Ruzelion Maycock , Monica Suleiman , Normah Awang Besar @ Raffie (2024), Tree Species–soil Nutrients Association In Unlogged And Logged-over Tropical Forests, Sabah, Borneo
Normah Awang Besar @ Raffie , Julius Bin Kodoh , Assis Bin Kamu , Affendy Bin Hassan , Liew Kang Chiang (2024), Falcataria Moluccana (miq.) Root Distribution Seedlings In Response To Nitrogen Concentrations And Tillage
Normah Awang Besar @ Raffie , Nurul Syakilah Binti Suhaili , Ejria Saleh (2024), Estimating The Total Carbon Stock In The Mangrove Forest Of Kota Marudu, Sabah, Malaysia
Normah Awang Besar @ Raffie , Nurul Syakilah Binti Suhaili , Ejria Saleh (2024), Carbon Stock Estimation In Mangrove Forest At Pitas, Sabah, Malaysia
Normah Awang Besar @ Raffie , Jephte Sompud , Julius Bin Kodoh (2024), Sunda Pangolin (manis Javanica) Responses To Human Impact In Sabah, Malaysia
Phua Mui How , Kamlisa Uni Binti Kamlun , Normah Awang Besar @ Raffie (2024), Assessment Of Anthropogenic Disturbances On Mangrove Aboveground Biomass In Malaysian Borneo Using Airborne Lidar Data
Homathevi A/p Rahman , Mahadimenakbar Bin Mohamed Dawood , Normah Awang Besar @ Raffie , Suzan Benedick (2024), Species Evenness And Diversity Of Soil Invertebrates At Different Agricultural Lands And A Forest Reserve At Kota Belud, Sabah
Clament Chin Fui Seung , Mohamadu Boyie Jalloh , Normah Awang Besar @ Raffie , Mohd Rakib Bin Mohd Rashid (2023), Exploring The Potential Of Bornean Polypore Fungi As Biological Control Agents Against Pathogenic Ganoderma Boninense Causing Basal Stem Rot In Oil Palm
Normah Awang Besar @ Raffie , Rosalam Hj. Sarbatly , Wong Hock Tze @ Farrah Wong (2023), Bioplastic Classifications And Innovations In Antibacterial, Antifungal, And Antioxidant Applications
Normah Awang Besar @ Raffie , Wilson Wong Vun Chiong (2023), Soil Physico-chemical Properties In A Selectively Logged Forest At Gunung Rara Forest Reserve, Sabah, Malaysia
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