Ratanakiri province
Forest type: Tropical
Geographic location: Cambodia
Threat: Illegal logging for export to Vietnam. Outside protected areas, most of the province is already under concession to foreign logging companies.
At risk: Resident minority groups, already evicted from other areas by logging companies. Rice farming and local fishing here and elsewhere in the Mekong River watershed. Kouprey and other highly endangered species.
Sundarbans
Forest type: Tropical
Geographic location: Bangladesh and India
Threat: Logging, fuelwood collection
At risk: The world's largest mangrove forest. Habitat for the world's largest and possibly only viable population of the Bengal tiger. Fish and forest products provide a living for up to 300,000 local families.
North Heilongjiang Province
Forest type: Boreal
Geographic location: China
Threat: Logging: 80 percent of this frontier is slated to be cut.
At risk: One of China's few remaining large intact tracts of primary forest. Habitat for several important wildlife species. Protection for the headwaters of the Amur River.