Forests of #SoutheastAsia are facing severe pressures "Economics & national development tends to overcome any inclination to conserve #biodiversity for the sake of biodiversity alone" —Serina Abdul Rahman @ISEAS What causes deforestation? How to halt it? theaseanpost.com/article/sou…

Southeast Asia’s Modern-Day Plague

Deforestation is a major problem with Indonesia leading the charts for forests clearing, followed by other hotspots such as Malaysia, Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand.

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Dec 11, 2019 · 9:17 AM UTC

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Replying to @IPBES @ISEAS
Absence of alternative source of income put high pressure to the natural resources particular forest if we succeed in providing alternative natural resource products like honey it will help in forest conservation