The above diagram shows that change in country rankings by total primary forest loss from 2019 to 2020. Malaysia has been on the sixth rank has dramatically dropped to the ninth rank.

The government need to take steps to address the problem of deforestation. The simplest action is, the government should declare forest areas as National Parks. Malaysia has a number of National Parks such as Taman Negara, Endau-Rompin National Park, Penang National Park, Kinabalu Park and Gunung Mulu National Park. Besides that, government need to keep Permanent Forests Reserves (PFR). Forest reserve is a part of the Permanent Forest Estate which will normally be a productive forest, destined to the principal permanent source of the state’s supply of timber and other forest produce which admits limited rights or privileges to the local people to utilize the forest produce. This legal action ensures that the area continues to be preserved without any attempt to cut down. In fact, the government can implement an action that, all trees felled for any activity such as housing projects, logging and construction should be replaced as soon as possible in a certain quantity. The government may impose a condition that each tree felled must be replaced with two or three trunks. In addition, the issue of deforestation can be addressed through education. The schools should establish an Environmental Club such as Go-Green Club to empower students to participate and take part in environmental activities and projects. This will help to forms responsible citizens. Environmental education is also able to form a positive attitude towards environment. Besides that, government and environmental organizations such as Global Environment Centre (GEC), Malaysia Nature Society (MNS), World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and Treat Every Environment Special (TrEES) need to work together to conduct various campaigns such as Go Green Campaign, Environmental Awareness Campaign and Earth Day. This will lead to an awareness of the environment among us.