Accelerating forest loss across Cambodia, Laos, and Myanmar is driven by illegal logging, rubber plantations, and hydropower dams on the Mekong River, which together erased 2.5 million hectares between 2010 and 2020. This rate surpasses the destruction in #7 Madagascar by 30% when measured per capita. Cambodia alone lost 12% of its forest cover in just five years, making it one of the fastest deforesters globally.
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