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Endangered Forested Wetlands of Sundaland

Abstract

The Sundaland biodiversity hotspot, defined by the biogeographic divides of the Kangar-Pattani line to the north and the Wallace’s line to the East, is a terrestrial unit of conservation priority within Southeast Asia. Within the Sundaland biodiversity hotspot—that includes the Nicobar Islands, part of the Malay Peninsula (southern Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia), Singapore, Christmas and Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Sumatra, Java, Bali, and Borneo—are areas either currently under intense development pressures, or areas that have undergone significant anthropogenic transformation. The first chapter of this book introduces ecological concepts and the ecosystem services rendered by coastal and inland wetlands within Sundaland.

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    Gianluca Polgar

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    Zeehan Jaafar

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Polgar, G., Jaafar, Z. (2018). Sundaland Wetlands. In: Endangered Forested Wetlands of Sundaland. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52417-7_1

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