According to Wikipedia (2008), deforestation can be defined as the removal of a forest or a group of trees where there is land. According to United Nations data (2006), Malaysia's rate of deforestation is accelerating faster than that of any other tropical country in the world. There are countless causes and effects of deforestation on nature and its wildlife, and it is essential to determine ways to overcome uncontrolled deforestation. Due to the failure of the Malaysian government to provide data showing change in the extent of primary forests during the period from 1990 to 2000-2005 shows that the annual rate of deforestation in Malaysia increased by 86% in those years. In total, Malaysia has lost an average of 140,200 hectares, or 0.65% of its forest area, every year since 2000. This is devastating because our country has lost an average of 78,500 hectares, or 0. 35% of its forests, every year during the 1990s. The vast decline in forest cover in Malaysia results mainly from urbanization, conversion of forests for oil palm plantations, and agricultural fires. The main driver of deforestation is that government institutions and other large logging companies make extremely high profits from mass deforestation of forests. , namely tropical forests. Due to the profitability of our natural resource; lumber, the government and other logging companies want to make a quick buck by cutting corners in logging. According to Butler (2010), logging, generally excluded from the Food and Agriculture Organization's deforestation data, is responsible for the spread of first...... middle of paper......y/19581-084680b1f4663ce1329be71aae32b1903 .pdfNilsson, S. (2001), Do we have enough forests? Retrieved August 10, 2011, from http://www.actionbioscience.org/environment/nilsson.htmlRichmond, S., Cambon, M., Harper, D., & Watkins, R. (2001). Lonely Planet; Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei. Victoria, Australia: Lonely Planet Publications Pty Ltd. Samsudin Musa (2004), addressing deforestation and degradation through sustainable forest management by [Electronic version]. Retrieved August 7, 2011, from http://unfccc.int/files/methods_and_science/lulucf/application/pdf/060830_samsudin.pdfSimmer, J. (2010). 8 key ways to prevent deforestation. Retrieved August 4, 2011, from http://www.save-the-trees.info/8-basic-ways-of-preventing-deforestation/Wikipedia (201108). Retrieved August 10, 2011, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deforestation