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Management of the Matang Mangrove Forest

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SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTION<br />

‣In <strong>the</strong> year 2000, forestry sector<br />

contributed a total <strong>of</strong> RM 17.7 billion<br />

(4.7% <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> country’s s export earnings)<br />

• Exchange earning<br />

• Government<br />

revenue<br />

• Income<br />

• Employment<br />

• Conservation <strong>of</strong><br />

soils, water and<br />

biological diversity<br />

• Recreation sites<br />

• Maintenance <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

environmental stability<br />

• Protection <strong>of</strong> scenic<br />

landscape

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