economic gains and losses of deforestation in malaysia

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economic gains and losses of deforestation in malaysia

Advantages

  • minerals are valuable.
  • plantation support processing indutries.
  • improved transport infrastructure benefits development and tourism.
  • tax revenue used to supply public services like education or health care.
  • job creation.

Disadvantages

  • water pollution in an increasingly dry climate may limit supplies.
  • fires pollute and destroy vast areas of the valuable forests.
  • livelihoods of some local people destroyed as deforestation can cause the loss of animals and plants which they rely on to make a living.

Evaluation

there may be short term gains economic gains but long term economic losses.

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