Environmental Issues

Littering, hazardous waste that is dumped into the ground, and not recycling items.

• climate change

• deforestation

• improper waste disposal

Activity that is undertaken without state permission, in particular in absence of land rights and mining licenses.

• deforestation

• illegal mining

• oil spill

Displacement of the upper layer of soil through winds, rain and water.

• illegal mining

• improper waste disposal

• soil erosion

Movement of a mass of rock, debris, or earth down a slope.

• landslide

• soil erosion

• weathering

Destructive fishing technique to collect live fish to supply the marine aquarium trade.

• coral reef degradation

• cyanide fishing

• climate change

Aerial movement and unintentional deposit of pesticide outside the target area.

• deforestation

• pesticide drift

• soil erosion

Below are forms of deforestation EXCEPT

• illegal logging

• kaingin

• soil erosion

Leakage of petroleum onto the surface of a large body of water.

• coral reef degradation

• climate change

• oil spill

Another term for global warming

• climate change

• earth degradation

• drift

It contributes to coral reef degradation EXCEPT

• dynamite fishing

• cyanide fishing

• soil erosion