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Southeast Asia is home to roughly half of the world’s tropical mountain forests. These highland ecosystems support massive carbon stores and tremendous biodiversity, including a host of species ...
Imagine wandering through the lush, tangled forests of Southeast Asia, sunlight flickering through a sea of emerald ...
Upward expansion and acceleration of forest clearance in the mountains of Southeast Asia. Nature Sustainability , 2021; DOI: 10.1038/s41893-021-00738-y Cite This Page : ...
Their results showed that Southeast Asia has lost 61 million hectares of forest over the last 20 years. In the 2000s, the annual loss was about an average of 2 million hectares a year.
Clearing forests and other vegetation with fire in Southeast Asia can kill, according to a new study in Nature Climate Change. The research found that fire-induced air pollution, including fine ...
But WEFCOM — the biggest forest area in Thailand, and the largest forest track in mainland Southeast Asia, according to WCS — is a hugely important habitat, not just for tigers, but endangered ...
Southeast Asia could have to brace for more forest fires and clouds of smoke if climate change takes hold, a World Bank expert suggests.
Governments in Southeast Asia are taking steps to guard against a potential deterioration in pollution levels from Indonesian forest fires, as smoke and ash continue to blanket the skies over the ...