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World Series Vol. 20-I – Keep Asia Green Vol. I "Southeast Asia"
The IUFRO World Series Volume 20 comes in four editions. The first volume focuses on Southeast Asia. The other three volumes can be found in the IUFRO library.
"Forests in Southeast Asia are a valuable natural resource of great variety playing a significant socio-economic role for the countries in the region. Its tropical rainforests are among the most complex and species-rich terrestrial ecosystems in the world. Widespread deforestation over the past decades, however, caused by many multifaceted factors such as increase in human population, poverty, and rapid industrialization has lead to significant changes in land use cover resulting in environmentally, economically, and aesthetically vulnerable landscapes." [...]