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Laos

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Data on forest cover and rates of forest loss in Laos are in short supply. There are few primary sources, and those that are available on a national level are somewhat generalised. The best map available, a 1:1 million scale map from 1987, indicates that there is 67,780 sq. km of closed forest, with a further 56,820 sq. km of degraded formations (roughly 29 and 25 per cent of land area, respectively).

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  1. World Conservation Monitoring Centre, Cambridge, UK

    N. Mark Collins

  2. International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, Gland, Switzerland

    Jeffrey A. Sayer

  3. Geography Department, Cambridge University, UK

    Timothy C. Whitmore

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    N. Mark Collins

  2. International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, Gland, Switzerland

    Jeffrey A. Sayer

  3. Geography Department, Cambridge University, UK

    Timothy C. Whitmore

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Collins, N.M., Sayer, J.A., Whitmore, T.C. (1991). Laos. In: Collins, N.M., Sayer, J.A., Whitmore, T.C. (eds) The Conservation Atlas of Tropical Forests Asia and the Pacific. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-12030-7_20

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