Malaysia

• 67% of Malaysia is covered by rainforest
• Malaysia is located in South East Asia
• Malaysia became the largest exporter of tropical hardwood in the 1980s
• 80% of deforestation in Malaysia is due to logging
• Road was built in Sarawak to bring in machinery and take away timber
• In 2011 The Bakum Dam was built in Sarawak to provide energy for peninsular Malaysia
• Bakum Dam cost $2 billion to build
• The dam's reservoir flooded over 700km² of rainforest
• Drilling for oil and gas started in the area in 2015
• Transmigration between 1956 and the 1980s caused approx. 15,000 hectares of rainforest to be felled.
• Plantation owners are offered 10 year tax incentives in Malaysia
• Tribal people 'slash and burn' areas of forest to create nutrients for plant growth
• Subsistence farming - living off products grown. Trees cleared for this.
• In 2019 scientists warned Malaysia's storms and flooding would worsen if deforestation rate continue
• Malaysia's GNI per capita has increased by $18,000 since 1990
• The Bakum Dam in Malaysia supplies 3400MWs of cheap, renewable energy to Peninsular Malaysia
• Average temperatures are 28-30°C, but this could increase to 40°C