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The Journal of Terrestrial Observation | Volume 1 Number 2 (Spring 2009)
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INTRODUCTION
The Southeastern Indochina Dry Evergreen Forests ecoregion occurs in a
broad band across northern and central Thailand into Laos, Cambodia, and
Vietnam, covering approximately 124,300 km2
. The ecoregion is globally
outstanding for the large vertebrate fauna it harbors within large intact landscapes.
Among the impressive large vertebrates are the Asian elephant and tiger.
The list includes the second known population of the critically endangered
Javan rhinoceros, Eld’s deer, banteng, gaur, clouded leopard, among others.
About two-third of the original forest of this ecoregion has been cleared or seriously
degraded (Wikramanayake et al., 2000). A few large forest blocks also
remain in Thailand and Laos.