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I can't speak for the other states, but Sabah/Sarawak (Borneo) has a lot of potentials. But the land has been robbed of its natural resources with rampant illegal (or otherwise) deforestation and oil palm plantations. It's a catch-22 situation. The plantations provide a lucrative cash crop for the people, especially the rural folks, but at the same time, at the expense of the land.
I knew the palm oil thing was a major problem in Indonesia, but I didn't know it affected your country greatly too. Those places are still forests in a way, but they don't host the biodiversity that a natural forest would with many species of trees and plants.