Transmigration in Indonesia- Rapid Population Growth

Question 1

How many people live in Indonesia?

Answer 1

240 million

Question 2

How many live on the island of Java?

Answer 2

130 million

Question 3

Name one island that people were moved to

Answer 3

Sumatra

Question 4

What benefits were the families that moved given?

Answer 4

2 hectares of land with farming tools
A house
A living allowance

Question 5

Good points: How many people moved through the scheme? How many between 1979- 1984?

Answer 5

Millions

2.5 million

Question 6

Good points: Where did some migrants get jobs?

Answer 6

On farms

Question 7

Good points: What did farmers have thanks to the migrants?

Answer 7

Cheap labour

Question 8

Bad points: How much did each migrant cost the Indonesian government?

Answer 8

$12,000

Question 9

Bad points: Although millions of people have been moved, what’s the problem?

Answer 9

Population is still unevenly distributed, and is still growing

Question 10

Bad points: Which illegal industries have been created?

Answer 10

Logging and mining

Question 11

Bad points: What types of environment has been destroyed?

Answer 11

Rainforests and swamps, to make way for growing rice

Question 12

Bad points: What have pesticides polluted?

Answer 12

Rivers

Question 13

Bad points: What has over grazing led to?

Answer 13

Poor soil