Drought in Southeast Asia - Drought Research Initiative

Southeast Asia• Is located on the equator, entireregion falls within the warm, humidtropics as influenced by Asianmonsoon.• Includes Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos,Thailand, Vietnam, Brunei, EastMalaysia, East Timor, Indonesia,Papua New Guinea, Philippines andSingapore• Has nearly 580 million population in2009 accounting for 8.7% of world‟spopulation. Indonesia is the 5 thlargest population in the world (236million)• Is one of the world‟s largesturbanized regions, growing atunprecedented rate, 1.75 times fasterthan world‟s urban population• Is risk to ecosystems vulnerability anddeforestation