Case Study: Malaysia

Where is Malaysia located?

In south - east Asia and is split by the South China Sea

The Capital City of Malaysia is:

Kuala Lumpur

The bordering countries if Malaysia are:

Thailand and Singapore

What percentage of rainforest is Malaysia?

67% of Malaysia

What is Deforestation?

The act of cutting and clearing large areas of trees.

True or False:

• Malaysia’s increasing rate of deforestation is faster than any tropical country in the world

True

What is Logging?

The act of cutting down trees for clearing areas of land and commercial reasons.

What natural product is the main reason of deforestation in Malaysia?

Palm Oil

What is “Subsistence Farming?”

A traditional way of farming to provide for one's self or family.

True or False:

• Logging and Deforestation are the same

False: Both processes include cutting down trees, but logging includes transporting and selling trees.

Why is subsistence farming dangerous?

The fires from the “Slash and Burn” method can go out of control

What factor does road building, energy development and mineral extraction have in common with deforestation.

They both use deforestation to be able to get access to the location.

What is “Commercial Farming?”

Where people grow crops to sell.

Name 4 threats to rainforests:

Logging

Road Building

Commercial Farming

Mineral Extraction

Energy Development

Population Pressure

What does deforestation do to the environment?

Reduces biodiversity

Exposes the ground to soil erosion

Impacts loca and global climates

How does deforestation help businesses and people?

Jobs and tax revenue

Plantation products support processing industries

Valuable minerals

How does deforestation negatively impact people and the environment?

Plants with possible medical benefits could become extinct

Slash and Burn' fires can pollute and destroy vast areas of rainforest

Water pollution in increasingly dry climates may limit supplies

Why should tropical rainforests be protected?

Valuable resources like nuts, fruits an rubber and clean water

Rainforests absorb and store CO2

Large biodiversity thrives there.

‘Debt-for-nature-swapping’ is…

Where some donor countries and organisations reduce their debt payments in return for halting to deforestation.

National parks and nature reserves for scientific research and tourism is apart of…

Conservation and education