Tropical East Asia is home to over one billion people and faces massive human impacts
from its rising population and rapid economic growth. It has already lost more than two-thirds …

The biodiversity of Southeast Asia is gravely imperilled by massive habitat modifications,
forest fires and the overexploitation of wildlife. This book contains the first comprehensive …

Southeast Asia has the highest relative rate of deforestation of any major tropical region, and
could lose three quarters of its original forests by 2100 and up to 42% of its biodiversity …

Real concerns exist over the impacts of biodiversity loss. This loss is increasing following
population pollution, which is producing strong impacts. There is a strong determination to …

With intensifying demands for food and biofuels, a critical threat to biodiversity is agricultural
expansion into native tropical ecosystems. Tropical agriculture, particularly intensive …

Southeast Asia is a region of conservation concern due to heavy losses of its native habitats.
In this overview, we highlight the conservation importance of Southeast Asia by comparing …

The textbook entitled Tropical Ecology of Southeast Asia–The Indonesian Archipelago
unfolds in its 5 major chapters with 20 subchapters on more than 500 pages, with more than …

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CONSERVATION ATLAS OF TROPICAL FORESTS ASIA AND THE PACIFIC Page 3 …

Nepal is a mountainous country in the central Himalayas, which occupies about one third of
(800 km) of the entire length of the Himalayan mountain range. Nepal alone claims eight out …

East Africa is one of the most diverse and interesting tropical area on the planet. It is home
not only to the last great megafaunal assemblage, but also to human populations with the …