Recent deforestation in the uplands of a Southeast Asian rainforest. Image courtesy of Dom Spracklen. According to Smith, other studies have found that forest loss can exacerbate the impacts of El ...

BANGKOK — Asian countries with some of the world’s largest yearly tropical forest losses have either not joined a new global pact to halt forest loss by the end of the decade or sparked doubts ...

The researchers found that forest clearance in Southeast Asia’s mountains has accelerated in the last 20 years, accounting for a third of total forest loss in the region.

Industries that cause the loss of rainforest and peatlands in Southeast Asia were bankrolled to the tune of $62 billion between 2013 and 2018, according to new data released by the Forests and ...

Half of land use carbon emissions in Southeast Asia can be mitigated through peat swamp forest and mangrove conservation and restoration. Nature Communications , 16 (1). doi: 10.1038/s41467-025 ...

Tree stumps scar the forest's floor after 2,100 acres of forests were felled to plant oil palms in the heart of the Congo Basin forest near Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo on Sept. 25 ...

In a 2021 report on the rapid expansion of palm oil in Latin America, Chain Reaction Research agreed that the direct link between palm oil and deforestation was weaker than in Southeast Asia ...

Indonesia, home to a third of the world's rainforests, has seen its annual deforestation drop by 8.4%, its environment ministry said on Monday, attributing the fall to better control of fires and ...

University of Leicester-led research has revealed the start of industrial deforestation of the Malaysian rainforest and its long-lasting impact on coastal ecosystems in the skeletons of corals.

Green groups warn of forest loss and danger for local communities if illegal loggers exploit lack of monitoring amid disease outbreak KUALA LUMPUR, March 26 (Thomson Reuters Foundation ...

Asia's rapid urbanisation, deforestation linked to deadly viruses by Rina Chandran | Thomson Reuters Foundation Wednesday, 11 March 2020 08:33 GMT ...

Methodology. To shortlist the 20 Most Forested Countries in Asia, we consulted the data from The Global Economy and Visual Capitalist to gain information on the most forested countries in Asia and ...