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New study reveals catastrophic loss of Cambodia's tropical flooded grasslands

17 March 2013
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Around half of Cambodia’s tropical flooded grasslands have been lost in just 10 years according to new research from the University of East Anglia. The seasonally flooded grasslands around the Tonle Sap, Southeast Asia’s largest freshwater lake, are of great importance for biodiversity and a ...

http://phys.org/news/2013-03-reveals-catastrophic-loss-cambodia-tropical.html

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