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Reduction of deforestation by agroforestry in high carbon stock forests of Southeast Asia

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  • Hoong Chen Teo

    (National University of Singapore
    National University of Singapore)

  • Aakash Lamba

    (National University of Singapore
    National University of Singapore)

  • Sean J. W. Ng

    (National University of Singapore
    National University of Singapore
    Queensland University of Technology)

  • Anh Tuan Nguyen

    (Vietnam National University)

  • Adrian Dwiputra

    (National University of Singapore
    National University of Singapore)

  • Annabel Jia Yi Lim

    (National University of Singapore
    National University of Singapore)

  • Minh Nhat Nguyen

    (Duy Tan University
    Duy Tan University)

  • Pantana Tor-ngern

    (Chulalongkorn University
    Chulalongkorn University)

  • Yiwen Zeng

    (National University of Singapore
    National University of Singapore
    Nanyang Technological University
    Nanyang Technological University)

  • Sonya Dewi

    (Centre for International Forestry Research and World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF))

  • Lian Pin Koh

    (National University of Singapore
    National University of Singapore
    National University of Singapore)

Abstract

Agroforestry is widely practised for local social-economic and ecological co-benefits, however whether it is beneficial at landscape scale in terms of decreasing deforestation rates remains unclear. Using causal inference, we found local variability but an overall net reduction in deforestation attributed to agroforestry of 250,319 ha yr−1 or 58.8 ± 15.5 Mt CO2 equivalent per year across 38 subnational regions in Southeast Asia (P

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  • Hoong Chen Teo & Aakash Lamba & Sean J. W. Ng & Anh Tuan Nguyen & Adrian Dwiputra & Annabel Jia Yi Lim & Minh Nhat Nguyen & Pantana Tor-ngern & Yiwen Zeng & Sonya Dewi & Lian Pin Koh, 2025. "Reduction of deforestation by agroforestry in high carbon stock forests of Southeast Asia," Nature Sustainability, Nature, vol. 8(4), pages 358-362, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natsus:v:8:y:2025:i:4:d:10.1038_s41893-025-01532-w
    DOI: 10.1038/s41893-025-01532-w
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