1. Indigenous tribes, the Orang
!980s Borneo was world’s 9000 Kenyah people
Asli have also been displaced Clear felling was used leading
largest exporter of tropical forced to leave.
and when they protest some to total destruction of the
wood. Poor, cannot pay for
have been arrested (Penan forests.
Community 2003) new homes,
depression and
Malaysia has a protection policy but Recently selective logging. Less alcoholism are
illegal logging still takes places. damaging in terms of numbers it common.
Particularly in unsafe areas, leading reduces biodiversity and needs
to soil erosion. large machinery and roads.
The 2009 $2bn HEP Bakun
Dam in Sarawak will flood
Slash & burn farming can 1000s of hectares of
lead to uncontrolled forest.
wildfires.
An estimated
Logging 230km2 of primary
Fires forest has been cut
Energy down.
Common in Borneo,
some natural; Threats to Malaysian
TRF TRF has been cleared for
lightning storms, Resettlement widespread tin mining and
smelting plants; including
Mining
mining operations and roads.
Rubber & Palm oil
Between 1956 & 1980 Plantations
an estimated 15000ha
of TRF was cleared.
Mining itself
Deforestation is pollutes the land
widespread and and rivers
To relieve overcrowding
threatens the survival
cities people were Drilling for oil
of the orang utans
encouraged to move to & gas started
rural areas. in Borneo.
Widespread Rubber plantations
= large areas cleared. As rubber
demand declined plantations
During the 1970s owners have been abandoned.
received a 10yr tax break to Malaysia is the world’s
convert forest to palm oil., largest exporter of palm oil.
increasing the land cleared.