The expansion of farming into highland areas of Southeast Asia was a significant cause of this accelerated rate in the tropics during the study period. Protected areas help reduce mountain forest ...

SINGAPORE, Oct 18 (Reuters) - Forest loss driven by rubber production in Southeast Asia could be two to three times higher than estimated, highlighting the challenges facing importers under ...

Significant loss occurred in Asia, South America, Africa, Europe, and Australia, but not in North America and Oceania. Worryingly, the rate of mountain forest loss seems to be accelerating ...

The report, published Tuesday by the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD ... With two billion people in Asia reliant on the water that glaciers and snow here hold ...

Scene from Seven Intellectuals in a Bamboo Forest, Part I, 2003. Single-channel video with sound; 35mm black-and-white film transferred to DVD. Duration: 29 minutes, 22 seconds. Asia Society ...