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Environmental issues in Malaysia

Endangered species

IUCN Red List

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species , founded in 1963, is the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of biological species. The International Union for Conservation of Nature is the world's main authority on the conservation status of species...

gives 2890 native endangered species.

Malayan Tiger
Malayan Tiger
The Malayan tiger is a tiger subspecies that inhabits the southern and central parts of the Malay Peninsula and has been classified as endangered by IUCN in 2008 as the population was estimated at 493 to 1,480 adult individuals in 2003; none of the three subpopulations likely harbors more than 250...

Deforestation

Deforestation at the following locations are threatening flora and fauna:

Hulu Terengganu Hydroelectric Project
Hulu Terengganu Hydroelectric Project
The Hulu Terengganu Hydroelectric Project is proposed for the Terengganu region of Malaysia.The project proponent is Tenaga Nasional Berhad, the largest electricity utility company in Malaysia.-Issues:...
Kelau Dam
Bukit Cherakah
Ulu Padas
Pulai River
Pulai River
Pulai River is located within the Malaysian state of Johor. It runs from Mount Pulai until Tanjung Pelepas, draining into the Tebrau Straits. At its mouth lays the single largest seagrass bed in Malaysia which extents all the way to Pulau Merambong....
Sungai Mas

Deforestation is taking place for a variety of reasons including:

Housing development
Timber plantations
Oil palm
Oil palm
The oil palms comprise two species of the Arecaceae, or palm family. They are used in commercial agriculture in the production of palm oil. The African Oil Palm Elaeis guineensis is native to West Africa, occurring between Angola and Gambia, while the American Oil Palm Elaeis oleifera is native to...

plantations
Roads
Dams

Pollution

Air pollution in Malaysia
Air pollution in Malaysia
Air pollution in Malaysia-Haze:Haze has been an ongoing problem in Malaysia as well as other Southeast Asian countries. The main cause of this haze is the slash and burn practice by farmers and peat fires in Indonesia. A state of emergency was announced once in 2005 at Port Klang as the Air...
1997 Southeast Asian haze
1997 Southeast Asian haze
The 1997 Southeast Asian haze was a large-scale air quality disaster which occurred during the second half of 1997, its after-effects causing widespread atmospheric visibility and health problems within Southeast Asia...
2005 Malaysian haze
2005 Malaysian haze
The 2005 Malaysian haze was a week-long choking smog-like haze over Malaysia that almost brought the central part of Peninsular Malaysia to a standstill, prompted crisis talks with Indonesia and caused widespread inconvenience. The haze was at its worst on August 11, 2005...
2006 Southeast Asian haze
The Bukit Merah, Perak, rare-earth mine cleanup

Reclamation

Coastal reclamation is damaging mangroves and turtle nesting sights

Controversial projects and policies

Project/Area affected	Activity	State	Began	Notes	Ref.
Bakun Dam	Dams DAMS Driot-Arnoux Motorsport is a racing team from France, involved in many areas of motorsports. DAMS was founded in 1988 by Jean-Paul Driot and former Formula One driver René Arnoux. It is headquartered near Le Mans, only 2 km from the Bugatti Circuit.- History :The year after its foundation,...	Sarawak Sarawak Sarawak is one of two Malaysian states on the island of Borneo. Known as Bumi Kenyalang , Sarawak is situated on the north-west of the island. It is the largest state in Malaysia followed by Sabah, the second largest state located to the North- East.The administrative capital is Kuching, which...	2008	Forest loss.
Kuala Lumpur Outer Ring Road Kuala Lumpur Outer Ring Road The Kuala Lumpur Outer Ring Road, KLORR, is a new expressway under planning in Klang Valley, Malaysia. The 39.5 km expressway connects Sungai Pusu in Gombak and Bandar Sungai Long in Kajang... (KLORR)	Highways	Selangor Selangor Selangor also known by its Arabic honorific, Darul Ehsan, or "Abode of Sincerity") is one of the 13 states of Malaysia. It is on the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia and is bordered by Perak to the north, Pahang to the east, Negeri Sembilan to the south and the Strait of Malacca to the west...	2008	Forest fragmentation in the Selangor State Park Selangor State Park Selangor State Park is located on the eastern frontier of the Malaysian state of Selangor. The 914.41 square kilometre park was gazetted on by the state on January 25, 2007. Upon its establishment, it became the second largest park in Peninsular Malaysia with the largest being the Taman... .
Forest Plantation Development	Plantation Plantation A plantation is a long artificially established forest, farm or estate, where crops are grown for sale, often in distant markets rather than for local on-site consumption...	Selangor Selangor Selangor also known by its Arabic honorific, Darul Ehsan, or "Abode of Sincerity") is one of the 13 states of Malaysia. It is on the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia and is bordered by Perak to the north, Pahang to the east, Negeri Sembilan to the south and the Strait of Malacca to the west...	2008-	Clearance of natural forest for timber plantations.
Empire Residence Development	Housing House A house is a building or structure that has the ability to be occupied for dwelling by human beings or other creatures. The term house includes many kinds of different dwellings ranging from rudimentary huts of nomadic tribes to free standing individual structures...	Selangor Selangor Selangor also known by its Arabic honorific, Darul Ehsan, or "Abode of Sincerity") is one of the 13 states of Malaysia. It is on the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia and is bordered by Perak to the north, Pahang to the east, Negeri Sembilan to the south and the Strait of Malacca to the west...	2008-	Hillslope clearance.

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