Malaysia-BC-FA10

[] [|A document explaining the roles that non-governmental organizations have on protecting water resources.] This primary source was helpful because it explained that the non-governemtnal organizations are taking a big part in trying to help the environmental crisises happening in Malaysia. Despite the fact that many believe in the enviromental myths that there aren't any water shortages in Malaysia because of the heavy rain and frequent flooding, non-governmental organizations are trying to educate citizens that there are evident water shortages. They are also hoping to further connect the people of Malaysia with the government so that public awareness about the environmental issues will increase and hopefully improve these issues.
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[|A document (one chapter of a book) describing the overview of environmental issues in Malaysia.] This second primary source was useful because it did a very good job pointing out a breif overview of the environmental issues going on in Malaysia. Some of the major problems that were mentioned were air pollution, water pollution, and waste problems. These isues were all followed with statistics and facts that helped me develop a better understanding of the problems. For example, it stated that water pollution mostly were caused by three major traditional industries such as tin mining, naturel rubber, and palm oil. I liked that this source was easilt to read and understand and also had good facts and statistics.
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__**Artifact 1**__ [|This is a video of an example of good things happening to help the environment in Malaysia.] I chose to use this video as an artifact for Malaysia because it shows a good example of people who are helping to clean up the environment. In this video, Malaysians are taking action and cleaning up a communtiy forrest and lake by picking up trash and unwanted waste, such as plastic bags. Another part of helping the environment that they are cleaning up is the alge in the lake that is infecting the water and making a path that leads into the reserved forests. I thought that this was a good artifact to use because it really pointed out that there are some good people and things going on in Malaysia that is helping the country and it's environment.

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I used this picture as one of my artifacts because I thought it was a great visual of how the waste in Malaysia looks like. In this picture, you may think this is a dump, but really it is just common place where Malaysians drop their waste, also known as the side of the road. I felt like by using this picture, it would be a good representation of how the waste in Malaysia really is and how even dump trucks are now resorting to the dumping of trash on the side of the road.

__**Artifact 3**__ [|This website shows a look at all the disposal waste that is a major issue in Malaysia and effects the environment greatly.] I thought this artifact was a good knowledable source because it had a lot of information on the biggest environmental issue in Malaysia right now, waste. It stated that 19,000 tons of trash and waste are produced by Malaysians each day! All of this wate must go somewhere and although the counrty does have dumps, it is not uncommon for "illeagal dumping." On the sides of the road you can see piles of trash that have been left there because some dumps are so full that they are not accepting any more waste. This website really gave me useful in sight to one of the largest environmental issues that Malaysia has.