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In 2010, Sarawak had 9.57Mha of natural forest, extending over 91% of its land area. In 2021, it lost
56.7kha of natural forest, equivalent to 39.9Mt of CO₂ emissions.

SUMMARY

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COMPONENTS OF NET CHANGE IN TREE COVER IN SARAWAK, MALAYSIA

From 2000 to 2020, Sarawak experienced a net change of -374kha (-3.2%)

change in tree cover.

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Stable forest

7.51Mha

Gain

302kha

Loss

676kha

Disturbed

3.37Mha

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Disturbance represents areas that experienced both loss and gain between 2000 and 2020

PRIMARY FOREST LOSS IN SARAWAK, MALAYSIA

From 2002 to 2021, Sarawak lost 1.63Mha of humid primary forest, making up
54% of its total tree cover loss in the same time period. Total area of humid
primary forest in Sarawak decreased by 22% in this time period.

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2001 primary forest extent remaining | >30% tree canopy

TREE COVER LOSS IN SARAWAK, MALAYSIA

From 2001 to 2021, Sarawak lost 3.11Mha of tree cover, equivalent to a 27% decrease
in tree cover since 2000, and 2.39Gt of CO₂e emissions.

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2000 tree cover extent | >30% tree canopy | these estimates do not take tree cover gain into account

LOCATION OF TREE COVER LOSS IN SARAWAK, MALAYSIA

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In Sarawak, the top 6 regions were responsible for 55% of all tree cover loss
between 2001 and 2021. Belaga had the most tree cover loss at 418kha
compared to an average of 100kha.

1
Belaga
418kha

2
Marudi
376kha

Bintulu
325kha

Miri
239kha

5
Tatau
190kha

2000 tree cover extent | >30% tree canopy

TREE COVER GAIN IN SARAWAK, MALAYSIA COMPARED TO OTHER AREAS

From 2000 to 2020, Sarawak gained 302kha of tree cover region-wide equal to
30% of all tree cover gain in Malaysia.

1
Sarawak
302kha

2
Sabah
215kha

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3
Pahang
117kha

4
Johor
102kha

5
Perak
68.0kha

TREE COVER IN SARAWAK, MALAYSIA

As of 2000, 78% of Sarawak was natural forest cover.

Natural Forest

9.61Mha

Plantations

2.03Mha

Non-Forest

737kha

2000 tree cover extent | >30% tree canopy

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LOCATION OF FOREST IN SARAWAK, MALAYSIA

In Sarawak as of 2010, the top 4 regions represent 54% of all tree cover. Marudi
had the most tree cover at 2.11Mha compared to an average of 364kha.

1
Marudi
2.11Mha

2
Belaga
1.86Mha

Kapit
1.53Mha

Bintulu
602kha

5
Tatau
460kha

2010 tree cover extent | >30% tree canopy

WEEKLY FIRE ALERTS IN SARAWAK, MALAYSIA

In Sarawak the peak fire season typically begins in late June and lasts around 15
weeks. There were 21 VIIRS fire alerts reported between 1st of November 2021
and 24th of October 2022 considering high confidence alerts only. This is low
compared to previous years going back to 2012.

Nov 2021–Oct 2022

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TREE COVER LOSS DUE TO FIRES IN SARAWAK, MALAYSIA

From 2001 to 2021, Sarawak lost 99.0kha of tree cover from fires and 3.01Mha
from all other drivers of loss. The year with the most tree cover loss due to fires
during this period was 2009 with 10.0kha lost to fires — 3.3% of all tree cover loss
for that year.

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CUMULATIVE BURNED AREA IN SARAWAK, MALAYSIA

In Sarawak, 0ha of land has burned so far in 2022. This total is unusually low
compared to the total for previous years going back to 2001. The most fires
recorded in a year was 2002, with 95ha.

2022

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Caution: Total burned area is calculated by adding together daily estimates of burned areas. Areas experiencing burns on multiple days
during the time period will be counted multiple times. Data availability is limited by the data provider and data may be delayed by up to
two months.

INTEGRATED DEFORESTATION ALERTS IN SARAWAK, MALAYSIA

There were 0 deforestation alerts reported in Sarawak between 14th of October

2022 and 21st of October 2022.

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Note: area does not necessarily correspond to area of tree cover loss.

FIRE ALERTS IN SARAWAK, MALAYSIA

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There were 11 VIIRS fire alerts reported in Sarawak between 23rd of October
2022 and 30th of October 2022, of which none were high confidence alerts.

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HISTORICAL FIRE ALERTS IN SARAWAK, MALAYSIA

Between 28th of October 2019 and 24th of October 2022 Sarawak experienced a
total of 2,116 VIIRS Alerts fire alerts.

Oct 28, '19Apr 06, '20Sep 14, '20Feb 15, '21Jul 12, '21Dec 06, '21Oct 24,
'22050100150200 weekly alerts

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