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Globally, the coastal areas are changing due to increasing threats from different sources. Mangroves are most vulnerable and reducing its size during last few couple of decades. Some of the factors such as land use changes are acting directly while some factors are acting indirectly like socioeconomic factors. The mangroves ecosystem in Johor is changing for the purposes of developments such as agriculture, aquaculture, urbanization etc., which are triggered by different socioeconomic factors like population growth, population density, income etc. This change affects the local mangrove dependent communities both subsistence and commercially by reducing the ecosystem services both production and services functions of the mangroves. In this work the environmental assessment was studied by using the Driver-Pressure-State-Impact-Response (DPSIR) framework to identify, analyze and evaluate complex environmental problems. This complex situation is responded by the society or government through different initiatives (activities or planning) to reduce the negative impacts or to encourage the positive impacts. However this paper only focused on the anthropogenic factors of mangrove changes and the impact of deforestation for understanding the phenomena. The information of this study can be used by ecologists, environmentalists, social scientists, planners and decision makers.

The land and forest administration system in Malaysia faces a complexity bias due to the misinterpretation of rules and legislation, leading to increased disputes. The reliance on British law for matters like land ownership amplifies this issue, and the intricacies of static and dynamic arrangements further compound the complexity. Previously, Malay rural land rights were based on usufructuary principles, but the colonial land alienation policy redefined unalienated land, land reserved for public purposes, and reserved forests as State Land. This study seeks to comprehensively review and analyse legal rules, cases, statutes, and regulations to understand ancient land law practices and the influence of British colonial land law on land administration. Conducted in Peninsular Malaysia, the study focuses on primary documents, cases, and critical analyses from three states: Perak, Penang, and Kelantan. The findings of the study highlight the contentious nature of land rights and autonomy in utilizing natural resources in Malaysia. The country inherits both formal and informal land tenure systems rooted in customary law, making dispute resolution challenging. The principal characteristic of ancient land law is based on a hypothetical model of the ancient customary land tenure system, encompassing different eras, missions, and principles. Significantly, the study reveals a direct and strong connection between colonial land law and current land law practices in the respective states. Additionally, Malaysia's land law has been influenced by Islamic law (Syariah) to some extent and blended with other ancient customary laws before the introduction of Torren in 1897.