Malaysia

Question 1

What causes deforestation?

Answer 1

Road building, mineral extraction,energy, farming, logging, population growth

Question 2

Why are roads built in Malaysia?

Answer 2

Heavy machinery and to transport wood

Question 3

How much of Malaysia’s coal supply comes from Borneo

Answer 3

99%

Question 4

What minerals are extracted?

Answer 4

Tin, gold, copper

Question 5

How much power is generated by the hydroelectric dam? What is it called?

Answer 5

Bakun dam, 2400mw

Question 6

What is drilled for as an energy source in Borneo?

Answer 6

Oil and gas

Question 7

What is Malaysia the world’s largest exporter of? What else is farmed in the rainforest?

Answer 7

Palm oil
Tea, bananas, sugar cane, coffee

Question 8

What percentage of deforestation is caused by logging?

Answer 8

80%

Question 9

What woods are exported?

Answer 9

Mahogany, teak

Question 10

What has caused the population growth in rural areas?

Answer 10

Transmigration schemes, government programs to reduce overcrowding in major cities

Question 11

How many hectares of trees were felled for migrants 1956 to 1980

Answer 11

15000

Question 12

How many km of land were flooded for the bakun dam?

Answer 12

7000km2

Question 13

What are the impacts of deforestation?

Answer 13

Economic development, soil erosion, increased climate change

Question 14

Which causes of deforestation lead to economic development

Answer 14

Mineral extraction, commercial farming, logging

Question 15

How is soil erosion caused by logging?

Answer 15

Removal of trees means more exposed land without roots or bind it together, soil more susceptible to leaching due to high rainfall

Question 16

How does subsistence farming contribute to climate change?

Answer 16

Slash and burn clearing techniques and removal of carbon stores