It is
not
always clear what is
Southeast Asia.
Some people refer to it as Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia,
Singapore and Burney.
Others include the Indochinan
countries
Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos,
Thailand and Myanmar. Yet others also include China.
The
first lot of countries, being closer to the equator, originally had
larger percentage of land covered by rainforests, however much has been
cleared.
Most of Indochinan countries also contain rainforests, even
though they are not quite as dense and there are quite large areas in
some countries (Laos, Cambodia, parts of Myanmar and China) that are
not covered by rainforests.
The
extensive
rainforest
destruction
that has been happening here is threatening some endemic animals as
well as tribal people.
The endemic
animals
in this part of the world are for example Orangutans, Bornean Leopards,
and many other mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians.
The local
tribal rainforest
people include Akha,
Bajau,
Degar, Hmong, Igorot, Karen, Lahu, Lisu, Lumad, Mangyan, Negrito and
Sakai.
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