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Environmental Threats to Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia has been a location ripe for economic gain and has been looked upon by the western world with a certain gleam in their eye. Ever since the days of Marco Polo and Columbus there has been a desire to profit from the abundant and diverse resources of the Indies. Today, that desire has led this region of the world into a perilous downward spiral that could jeopardize the diversity and wealth of resources that the world so desires.
Southeast Asia, also known as the Indies, has traditionally consisted of the countries found on the Asian mainland east of India and south of China, known as Indochina, as well as the Malay Archipelago. To date these countries include; Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam on the mainland and Brunei, East Timor, Indonesia, Malaysia, The Philippines, and Singapore as part of the archipelago (Southeast Asia, 2006).
Compared to the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, the India Ocean is far calmer. This......

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