Geography: Deforestation SE Asia
Major Tropical Sawnwood Exporters
Malaysia Thailand Brazil Indonesia Cameroon
What do the critics say about palm oil plantations?
Palm trees do not absorb carbon at a rate equivalent to natural rain forest
Where is SBY from and how has he contributed to the fight to reduce deforestation?
SBY is from Indonesia Operation sustainable forestry launched in 2005 Cracked down on illegal logging by holding provincial forestry official responsible
Why is palm oil at the center of debates over climate change is Southeast Asia?
extensive deforestation fires release large amounts of carbon into the air
Sawnwood
wood that has been produced from roundwood either by sawing lengthways or by a profile-chipping process and that exceeds 6 mm in thickness
What are three main reasons for legal logging?
1. Commercial agriculture and shifting cultivation 2. Logging, road, pipeline, and utilities construction 2. Resettlement schemes
Major Tropical Sawnwood Importers
China Malaysia Thailand France Netherlands
How does deforestation contribute to climate change?
Everyday 13 to 19 square miles of Southeast Asia's rain forest are destroyed; Done for logging industries; CO2 emissions is the conversion of forests into palm plantations
What is the support for palm oil plantations as solution to global climate change?
It can be converted into fuel for automobiles
Why is it difficult to measure illegal logging?
It is so widespread
Who is SBY?
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
What are the 3 products of oil palm plantations?
Swamps Forest fires Global climate change
What is the issue with burning off the vegetation where a oil palm plantation is going to be established?
Swamps being drained
