Land Use, Nature Conservation and the Stability of Rainforest Margins in Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia constitutes one of the world''s most extended rainforest regions. It is characterized by a high degree of biodiversity and contains a large variety of endemic species. Moreover, these forests provide a number of important and sin­ gular ecosystem services, like erosion protection and provision of high quality wa­ ter, which cannot be replaced by alternative ecosystems. However, vari...