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• Asia has reversed the rate of forest loss from loss of 1.3 million
hectares per year in the 1990s, to a net gain of more than 600 000
hectares per year between 2000 and 2005, yet the region has the
lowest amount per capita (0.2 hectares) of forest in the world
• 1973-1978: Area is
engulfed in a conflict
between needs of
people versus the
welfare of the coastal
areas
• 2002: Shows
extensive aquaculture
ponds (blue patches
inland)
Dramatic changes in the Dead sea,
Jordan over 30 years
Images show
alarming drop in
lake’s water levels
• 1975-1979:
Excessive use and
waste of lake water
are causes of the
drop
• 2001: Smaller
neighbouring lakes
appear to be
drying up
Changes in Kara-Bogaz-Gol – a lagoon of
the Caspian sea, Turkmenistan
• 1973-2000: Most of
the wetlands
disappeared
• 2004: Greening of
some of the
Marshlands in recent
years
Forest burning in Demilitarized Zone (DMZ)
Korea
Images
reveal
significant
burn scars
in the DMZ
Deforestation in Ouxomxay, Laos
• 1975: Image
shows continuous
forest cover
Shrimp farming is
a major threat to
mangrove forests
Changes in the largest date palm forest
in the world: Shatt al-Arab, Iraq/Iran
• 1975-2002: Shows
destruction of the
largest date palm
forest in the world,
bordering Iraq and
Iran
• By 2002, more
than 80 per cent of
palms were wiped
out due to war, salt
and pests
Greening of a desert – Al’ Isawiyah
Saudi Arabia
Greening of a desert
• 1986 -A desert
landscape
• 1991 -Irrigation
begins…
• 2004 –Irrigation
intensity increases
Changes in the native scrubland:
Wyperfeld National Park, Australia
• 2004: Significant
additional burned areas
Agriculture expansion around Paektu San
North Korea
• 1999: Shows
expanding agricultural
activities on and around
Paektu San, especially
after the construction of
the dam