This is because there is a higher risk of human interaction and persecution in areas where there are more farms, a greater pressure on natural resources through
increased timber extraction and livestock grazing, and even competition for food from domestic animals kept as pets.»
12.9 %: reduction in forest cover in South - East Asia due largely to an
increase in
timber extraction, large - scale bio-fuel plantations and the expansion of intensive agriculture and shrimp farms (1990 to 2015)