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(b) The loss of forests from parts of the world is assessed by satellite imagery. Table 5.1 shows
data on the forests in Indonesia and Malaysia, two countries in South-East Asia which have
large areas of forest.
Table 5.1
country type of area / thousands of hectares
forest
1990 2000 2005 2010
Indonesia natural 118545 95737 94158 90883
forest
Malaysia natural 20420 19932 19317 18649
forest
(i) Calculate the percentage loss of natural fofest in Indonesia between 1990 and 2010.
Show your working and express your answer to the nearest whole number.
118545 - 90883 = 27662
27662/118545 * 100 =
23.3%
(ii) Use the data in Table 5.1 to compare the loss of natural forest in Indonesia with the
loss of natural forest in Malaysia.
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