Southeast Asia’s forests – their future affects ours

25.06.2019

A recent Nature article warns of the urgent need for informed and joined-up thinking in making decisions about the future of Southeast Asia’s forests in order to mitigate global warming and biodiversity loss.

The article compares the impact of socioeconomic scenarios of plausible futures on Southeast Asia’s forests, one of the world’s major deforestation hotspots.

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Source: European Commission (JRC)

Southeast Asia’s forests – their future affects ours

25.06.2019

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