FHM3301 24/25.2

Which of the following is an economic value of forests?

• They provide the water cycle

• They provide wood

• They prevent soil erosion

• They decrease flooding

The following is the services value provided by forests, EXCEPT..

• They provide wood

• They provide recreational resources

• They regulate the water cycle

• The provide habitat for wildlife

The clearing of a forest and its replacement by another land use is called:

• forestry

• timber harvesting

• clear cutting

• deforestation

Site quality is determined by the site index. Which of the following is FALSE?

• Site index can be controlled by fertilizer and silvicultural treatment.

• Site index is determined by tree numbers.

• Site index is the relationship between stand age and the tree height.

• Soil characteristics can influence site index.

The following characteristics predict a natural forest's growth and yield, EXCEPT...

• Regular measurements of tree diameter.

• Monitoring of new recruited and dead trees.

• Analyse the average annual increment annual of a stands.

• Create circular or quadrant plot periodically.

When MUS introduced in Peninsular Malaysia?

• 1978

• 1900's

• 1945

• 1948

Why MUS changed to Modified MUS (M-MUS)

• number workers increase

• poison girdling give negative impact to the environment and wildlife

• timber production increase

• number of lianas increase

Why MUS have slow recovery rate?

• this management system has lianas cutting

• have rotational harvesting every 30 years

• leaving only smaller trees and sapling

• it is even aged forest

Lists the pillar of sustainable forest management (SFM)

Three forestry departments in Malaysia practice sustainable forest management (SFM). What is similar about these three departments?

• Practicing reduced impact logging (RIL).

• Similar organisation structure.

• They recruits officer with forestry degree background.

• Applying National Forest Policy 2021