Indo-Malayan

Protected areas systems review of the Indo-Malayan realm.

Southern Vietnam lowland dry forests 2008

Most species are either characteristic of the Oriental/Indo-Malayan region or more specifically associated with the Indo-Chinese province of that region, but with a strong Sundaic element included.

Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary, Thailand 2008

In all realms (except Oceania and Antarc­tica), at least a quarter of the area had been converted to other land uses by 1950 (C4. 4.4), and in the Indo-Malayan realm almost half of the natural habitat cover had been converted.

Ecosystems and Human Well-being~ Biodiversity Synthesis~ Key Questions on Biodiversity in the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment 2008

Protected areas systems review of the Indo-Malayan realm.

Indus Valley desert 2008

Protected areas systems review of the Indo-Malayan realm.

South Deccan Plateau dry deciduous forests 2008

Within the tropics, rates of land conversion to agricul­tural use range from very high in the Indo-Malayan realm to moderate in the Neotropics and the Afrotropics, where large increases in cropland area have taken place since the 1950s.

Ecosystems and Human Well-being~ Biodiversity Synthesis~ Key Questions on Biodiversity in the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment 2008

The Indo-Malayan region loses the second-most biodiversity.

Ecosystems and Human Well-being~ Biodiversity Synthesis~ Key Questions on Biodiversity in the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment 2008

The Sundaland hotspot covers the western half of the Indo-Malayan archipelago, an arc of some 17,000 equatorial islands, and is dominated by two of the largest islands in the world: Borneo (725,000 km2) and Sumatra (427,300 km2).

Biological diversity in Sundaland 2008

Protected areas systems review of the Indo-Malayan realm.

Rann of Kutch seasonal salt marsh 2008

The extensive Indochina biounit (10) identified by MacKinnon in his conservation analysis of the Indo-Malayan realm comprises three subunits that represent the tropical lowland plains, subtropical hills, and temperate montane areas.

Kayah-Karen montane rain forests 2008