A World Without Trees: The Dangers of Deforestation
A World Without Trees: The Dangers of Deforestation Do you know the dangers of deforestation? There are multiple environmental issues in Malaysia, deforestation is only one among many. Deforestation is the action of intentionally cutting or burning down trees (National Geographic, n.d.). Deforestation is usually estimated based on how much forest area is cleared for the sake of human use (e.g. to produce wood products), the forest structure can dramatically change simply by an accidental fire (Stuart & Pimm, 2025). To illustrate the effects of deforestation, there is a study about oil palm- and rubber-driven deforestation in Malaysia. They collected secondary data from multiple sources, through the results, it shows that trees have significantly lessened over the course of 21 years, from the year 2000 to 2021 (Rahman, Naito, & Moeliono, 2025). Furthermore, a report state that 3.2 to 2.1 million hectares of natural land is under threat, that indicates about 14 t...
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