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As the exploitation of tropical moist forests has accelerated in the Asia-Pacific region, governments have realised that conservation of samples of relatively intact forest is a necessary part of balanced land use. National parks and other forms of protected area have been one of the most universally adopted mechanisms for nature conservation. This is not to claim universal success; the great majority of protected areas are under some degree of threat from encroachment or poaching, resulting from a conflict between the conservation of nationally or internationally important sites and the needs of local communities traditionally dependent on the resources of such areas. The level of conflict is intensified in many tropical countries where the population is increasing, and will continue to do so in decades to come.
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Collins, N.M., Sayer, J.A., Whitmore, T.C. (1991). The Protected Areas System. 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_9
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