In recent decades, the situation of the reduction in forest area is relatively serious in the countries which in the tropical region.

最近几十年以来，热带地区国家森林面积减少的情况也十分严重。

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Obviously, the Lunan stone forest was developed in tropical paleoclimate, when the region of lower latitude was at a lower altitude.

纬度较低的路南石林是处在低海拔时古热带环境下形成的。

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One picture from that Greenpeace link in particular says it all: a region of tropical Sumatran forest cleared with as much wide-scale devastation as if a tsunami had taken out every last tree.

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