Malaysia Rain Forest Case Study
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- Deforestation
- Malaysia Case Study
- Sustainable Mangment
- Five aims in 1977
- Increase public awareness of Forests
- Encourage alternative timber souces
- Increase research into Forestry
- Develop the timber processing to increase profitability of exported wood
- Involve local communities in forest projects
- Actions
- Selective Logging
- Only fully grown or inferior trees are cu down.
- This is less damages to the forest and doesn't change the overall forest structure
- The least damaging form is tree logging use in the Malaysian state of Sarawak
- This is less damages to the forest and doesn't change the overall forest structure
- There is also Afforestation were tre are cut down and replaced by new trees to maintain the canopy
- Only fully grown or inferior trees are cu down.
- National Parks have been set up to stop development and protect arears of the Forest
- Eco Tourism has been set up to let people explore the Rain Forest without harming it
- Eco Tourism also provides money for local peoples they can work as tour guides, hotel manemers and hold other ativities. It also lets them keep their culture.
- Selective Logging
- Five aims in 1977
- Sustainable Mangment
- Impact
- Contribution to climate change
- Tree reduce Co2 through photosythesis and when burned produce Co2
- Reducing the amount of trees through deforestation negatively affects climate change as they don't remove Co2 from the atmosphere
- Tree reduce Co2 through photosythesis and when burned produce Co2
- Soil erosion and river sedimentation
- Tree roots hold soil together, without these soil is unstable
- This means heavy rain washes soil away (soil erosion) causing landslides and flooding
- Tree roots hold soil together, without these soil is unstable
- Impact on (Biodiversity)
- A large majority of animals habitats have been destroyed (over 25%) leading to extinction or being in danger of extinction..
- Not having a tree canopy means tree's don't intercept rainfall and roots don't absorb it.
- This means water reaches the soil reducing soil feritity and washing soil away, out of the reach of plant
- This reduces the number of plants as competition and space for fertile soil goes up
- This means water reaches the soil reducing soil feritity and washing soil away, out of the reach of plant
- Economic
- Livelihood of some people is destroyed as loss of animals and plants which they require to live are also destroyed.
- Malaysia profits as they get a lot of new exports from timber, rubber and palm oil.
- This also creates a lot of new jobs for people.
- Contribution to climate change
- Causes
- Logging
- Tress are felled to make many. Now they practise Selective logging
- Selective logging is were only fully grown trees are cut down.
- Tress are felled to make many. Now they practise Selective logging
- Population Presure
- Many poor people were encouraged by the movement to move to the country side and start plantations
- This lead to the clearing of forest land for new settlements and plantations.
- Many poor people were encouraged by the movement to move to the country side and start plantations
- Subsistence Farming
- Land is cleared so local farmers can grow food for themselves
- Slash and Burn is when a area of forest is cleared and remaining vegetation is burnt to produce fertile soil for crops
- Land is cleared so local farmers can grow food for themselves
- Mineral Extraction (mining)
- Roads have been made for transportation of minerals and drilling has begun.
- Commercial Farming (Palm Oil)
- Malaysia is a very large exporter of Palm Oil. Lots of land is cleared for plantations.
- Energy Development (Bakun Dam)
- Large arears of Forest re flooded to make room for building hydro-electric dams, such as the Bakun Dam
- Logging
- Rate
- In 1985 73% of Malaysia was forest. In 2010 44.4% was Forest. By 2020, 32.6% will be Forest.
- A rapid change doesn't give Biotic life time to adapt to new conditions and leads to endangerment of the animal.
- Malaysia also has the highest percentage loss of Forrest in the world.
- A rapid change doesn't give Biotic life time to adapt to new conditions and leads to endangerment of the animal.
- Fastest in the world
- In 1985 73% of Malaysia was forest. In 2010 44.4% was Forest. By 2020, 32.6% will be Forest.
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