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In Malaysia, the World Bank estimates that trees are being cut down at 4 times the sustainable rate. [7] Logging does not have to be as destructive a practice as it currently is in Malaysia. In the past 2 decades, Malaysia has moved towards diversifying its economy, but logging still draws in many because of poor regulation and high profit.
[1] High grading can also be a form of fraud on the owner of the trees. Indeed, stumpage rates (the amount paid per a certain volume of wood) are based on the average quality of the wood. By taking only the best timber, the wood cutter obtains wood more valuable than average at the price of average wood.
Pages in category "Species that are or were threatened by selective logging" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Logging in Reynoldston, NY 1870–1930, northern foothills of the Adirondack Mountains; Life in Logging Camps in Reynoldston NY 1870–1930; BC Forest Safety Council; Pictorial history of logging from 1880–1920; Naturally:wood Sustainable Forest Management; Logging in North Vancouver in the 1910s – A visual history from the UBC Library ...
The nearest town, Lahad Datu is about 82 km away (about a 2 hours drive on mainly logging roads). Danum Valley Field Centre is a research establishment for scientists and education purposes, and a nursery for propagating Dipterocarpus trees by the 100,000s. There are few lodges here for tourists, one of the most established lodges is the Borneo ...
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The Malay Archipelago is a book by the English naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace which chronicles his scientific exploration, during the eight-year period 1854 to 1862, of the southern portion of the Malay Archipelago including Malaysia, Singapore, the islands of Indonesia, then known as the Dutch East Indies, and the island of New Guinea.