BANGKOK: Demand for farmland may strip the Greater Mekong region of a third of its remaining forest cover over the next two decades without swift government action, a leading conservation group warned on Thursday.

Forests are being cleared for commodities such as rubber and rice while illegal logging is decimating many protected zones, World Wildlife Fund (WWF) said in a report, adding a contentious dam on Mekong river will deepen already severe ecosystem damage.

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