GCSE GEOGRAPHY - Tropical Rainforest - Malaysia
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Tropical Rainforest
A Case Study - Malaysia
- Malaysia is a country is south-east Asia. It is made up of Peninsular Malayisa and Eastern Malaysia, which is part of the island of Borneo
- 63% of Malayisa is a tropical rainforest
- 13% rubber and palm oil plantations
- 18% of the forest is vigin forest which means it has not been interfered with by humans
- It is the heatland for the giant dipterocarp tree
- Malaysia is a LEDC
Main Threats
- Logging/Timber Trade
- HEP
- Mining
- Plantations
- Resettlement
- Fires
Destruction
- Deforestation
- They are clear felling the natural rainforest to make space fir plantations
Problems
- Decreases biodiversity = habitats are destroyed
- Increases soil erosion
- Increases risk of forest fires
- Stores less carbon which can lead to climate change
- Orangutans are seen as pests and killed by plantation workers as they eat the fruit off…
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