Sarawak, Sustainable Growth

Question 1

Timber exports rose from 4.2 million in 1971 to what?

Answer 1

18.8 million in 1990

Question 2

Intense logging in 1980 and 1990 caused what?

Answer 2

Large scale deforestation

Question 3

What percentage of Sarawak’s forest disappeared?

Answer 3

70%

Question 4

What does deforestation cause?

Answer 4

Habitat loss
Soil erosion
Flooding

Question 5

What did Malaysian government create to control logging and promote sustainable management?

Answer 5

Forest management plans

Question 6

What percentage of Sarawak’s exports did palm oil account for?

Answer 6

6%

Question 7

What environmental impacts does the palm oil industry have?

Answer 7

Deforestation because forests are cleared to make room for plantations and monoculture reduces biodiversity

Question 8

There has been increased investment in which other industries?

Answer 8

Manufacturing, construction and high tech industries

Question 9

Bakun Hydroelectric dam has caused what?

Answer 9

Habitat loss and disrupted river and ecosystems

Question 10

Are the industries economically and environmentally sustainable?

Answer 10

They promote economic sustainability because they provide a source of income but they are not environmentally sustainable