Professor Dr.
 Normah Awang Besar @ Raffie

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.

Research

Projects

17

Active

17

Grants

RM 3,093,494.00


Research Interests & Expertise

Forestry Sciences - Forest Soil Properties, Nutrient Cycles and Fluxes

Publications

Total Publications by Year

NOTE: N/A = Data not available, 0 = Data not completed


Scopus Metrics

Scopus Profile

Documents

29

H-Index

10

Citations

307

Affiliation

Universiti Malaysia Sabah

Research listing

Current Research Projects

Feasibility study on esg carbon credit in kampung kiau, kota belud sabah

Leader

2025 - 2025

Studies on humic acid, microbial formulation, animal manure compost and seedling size effects on growth and yield of pamelo and soursop gardens

Member

2024 - 2026

The effect of altitude zonation on forest carbon stock and carbon sequestration potential in tropical rainforest, borneo, malaysia

Leader

2024 - 2027

Forestry living lab sfera@ums

Leader

2023 - 2026

Study for visualization of environmental contribution by afforestation/reforestation activities in sabah malaysia

Member

2023 - 2026

Assessing the role of enrichment planting in a large-scale tropical rainforest restoration project using time series datasets

Member

2023 - 2026

Carbon sequestration potential in maliau basin forest conservation area, sabah, malaysia.

Leader

2023 - 2026

Estimation on total carbon stock in neolamarckia calamba stand at sabah, malaysia.

Leader

2023 - 2026

Forestry living lab: jawala

Member

2023 - 2026

An integrated conjoined recurrent and convolutional neural network approach to classifying time-series forests hyper-spectral images for automated carbon stock estimation.

Member

2022 - 2025

Root phenotyping of cocoa clones for commercial seedlings production

Member

2022 - 2025

Restoration of forest biodiversity, carbon sequestration and enhancement of ecosystem services within the coservation set asides of the sandakan bay estates

Member

2022 - 2026

Cocoa-based agroforestry with selected fast growing trees plantation in sabah

Leader

2021 - 2025

Anatomical characterization of host-parasitic relationships between tetrastigma spp. in gunung gading and tanjung datu nasional parks, sarawak.

Leader

2020 - 2022

Floristic composition and conservation status of trees in maliau basin forest, sabah.

Leader

2020 - 2022

Modernhive towards sustainable practice in stingless bee industry in malaysia forest, sabah.

Leader

2020 - 2022

Soil invertebrates and its effects on soil quality for agriculture in sabah

Member

2019 - 2024

Publications listing

NOTE: PUBLICATION DATA FOR THE LAST 3 YEARS WILL BE DISPLAYED

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1.

Normah Awang Besar @ Raffie (2026) , Stem Anatomical Structure Of Tetrastigma Rafflesiae And Its Relationships With Rafflesia Tuan-mudae Bud In Gunung Gading National Park, Sarawak, Malaysia

2.

Affendy Bin Hassan , Normah Awang Besar @ Raffie , Mohamadu Boyie Jalloh , Thamer Abdulrahman Thabet (2025) , The Ability Of Cocoa Clonal Seeds For Alternative Rootstock In Seedlings Production

3.

Normah Awang Besar @ Raffie , Thamer Abdulrahman Thabet , Affendy Bin Hassan , Nur Fadzlunnisaa' Binti Wakimin (2025) , A Review Of Fertilizer Use In Malaysian Forest Plantations: Future Plans For Sustainable Forestry

4.

Zaleha Binti A. Aziz , Normah Awang Besar @ Raffie , Berhaman Bin Ahmad (2025) , Population Size Of The Endangered Narrow-range Endemic Tree Semecarpus Calcicola Kochummen (anacardiaceae), Mantanani Island, Malaysia

5.

Julius Bin Kodoh , Normah Awang Besar @ Raffie , Jephte Sompud (2025) , The Impact Of Anthropogenic Activities On Manis Javanica Desmarest, 1822 (mammalia: Pholidota: Manidae) In Sepanggar Hill, Malaysia

6.

Kamlisa Uni Binti Kamlun , Affendy Bin Hassan , Normah Awang Besar @ Raffie (2025) , Assessing Cocoa (theobroma Cacao L.) Growth Under Facilitating Tree Stands Of Neolamarckia Cadamba And Falcataria Moluccana With Potential For Land Restoration

7.

Colin Ruzelion Maycock , Normah Awang Besar @ Raffie , Phua Mui How , Monica Suleiman , Luiza Majuakim (2024) , Tree Species–soil Nutrients Association In Unlogged And Logged-over Tropical Forests, Sabah, Borneo

8.

Liew Kang Chiang , Assis Bin Kamu , Affendy Bin Hassan , Normah Awang Besar @ Raffie , Julius Bin Kodoh (2024) , Falcataria Moluccana (miq.) Root Distribution Seedlings In Response To Nitrogen Concentrations And Tillage

9.

Normah Awang Besar @ Raffie , Jephte Sompud , Julius Bin Kodoh (2024) , Sunda Pangolin (manis Javanica) Responses To Human Impact In Sabah, Malaysia

10.

Kamlisa Uni Binti Kamlun , Normah Awang Besar @ Raffie , Phua Mui How (2024) , Assessment Of Anthropogenic Disturbances On Mangrove Aboveground Biomass In Malaysian Borneo Using Airborne Lidar Data


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