Malaysia
Deforestation Is Three Times Faster Than Rest Of Asia Combined. New satellite
imagery shows Malaysia is destroying forests more than three times faster than
all of Asia combined, and its carbon-rich peat soils of the Sarawak coast are
being stripped even faster, according to a study released Tuesday.
The
report commissioned by the Netherlands-based Wetlands International says
Malaysia is uprooting an average 2 percent of the rain forest a year on
Sarawak, its largest state on the island of Borneo, or nearly 10 percent over
the last five years. Most of it is being converted to palm oil plantations, it
said. Tanah di Sabah amat murah = RM 400 seekar untuk dijadikan ladang kelapa
sawit. Berapa banyaknya khazanah berharga herba yang turut musnah semasa
aktiviti pembersihan hutan. The deforestation rate for all of Asia during the
same period was 2.8 percent, it said. In the last five years, 353,000 hectares
(872,263 acres) of Malaysia’s peatlands were deforested, or one-third of the
swamps which have stored carbon from decomposed plants for millions of years.
“We
never knew exactly what was happening in Malaysia and Borneo,” said Wetlands
spokesman Alex Kaat. “Now we see there is a huge expansion (of deforestation)
with annual rates that are beyond imagination.” The study was carried out by SarVision, a
satellite monitoring and mapping company that originated with scientists at Wageningen
University in the Netherlands.
“Total
deforestation in Sarawak is 3.5 times as much as that for entire Asia, while
deforestation of peat swamp forest is 11.7 times as much,” the report said. Malaysia’s peatland forests are home to
several endangered animals, including the Borneo Pygmy elephant and the
Sumatran rhino, as well as rare timber species and unique vegetation.
Kaat said the study showed deforestation was progressing far faster than the Malaysian government has acknowledged. Scientists say the destruction of the Amazon, the rain forests of central Africa and in Southeast Asia accounts for more than 15 percent of human-caused carbon emissions blamed for global warming. Live forests soak up carbon from the atmosphere, while burning trees release that stored carbon – contributing to climate change in two ways at once. But emissions effect is amplified when trees are felled from the peatlands and the swamps are drained for commercial plantations.
Kaat said the study showed deforestation was progressing far faster than the Malaysian government has acknowledged. Scientists say the destruction of the Amazon, the rain forests of central Africa and in Southeast Asia accounts for more than 15 percent of human-caused carbon emissions blamed for global warming. Live forests soak up carbon from the atmosphere, while burning trees release that stored carbon – contributing to climate change in two ways at once. But emissions effect is amplified when trees are felled from the peatlands and the swamps are drained for commercial plantations.
Malaysia
and Indonesia produce about 85 percent of the world’s palm oil, an ingredient
in cooking oil, cosmetics, soaps, bread, and chocolate. It also is used as an
industrial lubricant and was once considered an ideal biofuel alternative to
fossil fuel, but it has fallen out of favor because of earlier reports of
widespread rainforest destruction for the expansion of plantations. Indonesia has pledged to slow deforestation in
its territory, and last year Norway pledged to give Jakarta $1 billion a year to help
finance an independent system of monitoring and quantifying greenhouse gas
emissions. – Negara lain pula yang beria ria nak halang
deforestration kat Indon dan Msia… Orang Malaysia sendiri sebuk menggondol
hutan serta menorah bukit!!! Mereka tidak belajar daripada tanah Haram di Mekah
dimana diharamkan sebarang penebangan pokok mahupun mencabut rumput!!! Justeru
aktiviti yang sama di tanah haram patut dilaksana di tanah air sendiri. Allah mengajar manusia menghargai
tumbuh-tumbuhan kerana manusia akan mati jika tiada tumbuh-tumbuhan!! tumbuh-tumbuhan
berfungsi mengeluar atau mengurai oksijen daripada molekul air semasa
fotosintesis. tumbuh-tumbuhan juga mampu
menyerap Volatile
Organic
Compound
(Contoh VOC = Formaldehyde/Xylene/Toluene / benzene dsbnya) Erti lainnya tumbuh-tumbuhan membersihkan
udara yang dicemar manusia !!! tumbuh-tumbuhan juga menyediakan zat kanji,
protein, vitamin serta mineral kepada manusia !!!
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