Causes of deforestation

• Commercial farming - large exporter of palm oil
• Logging - malaysia in 1980 largest exporter of tropical hard wood
• Mineral extraction - tin, oil and gas reserves
• Subsistence farming - tribal which is sustainable
• HydroeleHydroelectricity- big dam made which generated power in 2011 700km(2) of forests being flooded
• Population pressure - industrialising cities has cleared forests
• Roads - being cleared for access to cities, mining etc