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New research shows that the tropical forests of South East Asia have been shaped by humans for the last 11,000 years.
The rain forests of Borneo, Sumatra, Java, Thailand and Vietnam were previously thought to have been largely unaffected by humans, but the latest research suggests otherwise…
Read Full Article, Science Daily
The Sumatran rainforest will mostly disappear within 20 years, Guardian UK (Uploaded 05-26-2013)
In only a few years, logging and agribusiness have cut Indonesia’s vast rainforest by half. The government has renewed a moratorium on deforestation but it may already be too late for the endangered animals and for the people whose lives lie in ruin…
A Giant Brought to Its Knees: The Atlantic Coastal Forest (Uploaded 06-09-2011)
Saving Fiji’s Coral Reefs Linked to Forest Conservation Upstream, Wildlife Conservation Society (Uploaded 07-09-2013)
The health of coral reefs offshore depend on the protection of forests near the sea, according to a new study by the Wildlife Conservation Society that outlines the importance of terrestrial protected areas to coastal biodiversity.
