Factors affecting forest area change in Southeast Asia during 1980-2010.

In particular, global deforestation rate is still alarmingly high[ 1 ], and the tropics are the only biome to exhibit an increasing trend of forest cover loss in the 21 st -century[ 2 ].

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The fact that Laos might reach FT is intriguing, because socio-economic and environmental conditions in Laos contrast with those in the countries showing a positive trend in forest area ( S2 Fig ).

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