Living World Case Study - Sustainable Management of the Malaysian Rainforest

Question 1

What were the aims of the National Forest Policy?

Answer 1

Develop timber processing to increase profitability of exported wood.

Encourage alternative timber sources.

Increase public awareness of forests.

Increase research into forestry.

Involve local communities in forest projects.

Question 2

What are Malaysia’s national parks?

Answer 2

Areas of land that are protected, with no development or conversion of land use allowed.

Question 3

What is the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)?

Answer 3

An international organisation that promotes sustainable forestry.

Products from sustainably managed forests have the FSC mark.

Question 4

What are the aims of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)?

Answer 4

To educate manufacturers and consumers.

To reduce demand for rare and valuable hardwoods.

Question 5

What are the aims of Eco-Tourism?

Answer 5

To introduce people to the natural world without causing any environmental damage.

Question 6

What are the advantages of Eco-Tourism?

Answer 6

It gives money to the local people without damaging the environment.

Creates jobs.

Provides education for those on the tours.

Sustainable.

Question 7

How has Eco-Tourism affected other businesses (e.g. logging)?

Answer 7

It has helped move the locals away from the logging business and its economy and into more sustainable businesses like Eco-Tourism.

Question 8

When was the National Forest Policy introduced in Malaysia?

Answer 8

1977.