Sunday, May 31, 2009

Illegal/Legal Deforestation and Logging

Efforts have been continuously made to curb illegal deforestation and logging activities in one of the oldest, rich and dense rainforests of peninsular Malaysia and East Borneo island of Malaysia,where a rich diversities of tropical trees, flowers and faunas are breeding that are also home to millions of species of wildlife threatening many endangered animals such as the tigers, leopards, rhinocerus, black bears, orang utans, etc.

Lands that are cleared to make spaces for civilisation and humans allocation have deprieved of the natural rainforests (so-called Green Belts of the world) and wildlife habitats of many species. Roads that are built and cut through the heart of the forests jeopardize the homes and habitats of these wildlife.

Besides unpopular government backing of reducing logging due to commercial benefits, illegal loggers also thrived on the commercial value that the timber industry offers. Besides the elimination of precious trees and greeneries, the rich diversity of wildlife is also a hunting ground for poachers. It is only a matter of time that
human population will inundate the forest and cover everyinch and space of land in this world.

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