Highland cropland expansion and forest loss in Southeast Asia in the twenty-first century

Southeast Asia is a hotspot of tropical deforestation for agriculture. Most of the deforestation is thought to occur in lowland forests, whereas the region’s mountainous highlands undergo very limited deforestation. However, regional reports of cropland expansion in some highland areas suggest that...

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Published in:	Nature geoscience Vol. 11; no. 8; pp. 556 - 562
Main Authors:	Zeng, Zhenzhong, Estes, Lyndon, Ziegler, Alan D, Chen, Anping, Searchinger, Timothy, Hua, Fangyuan, Guan, Kaiyu, Jintrawet, Attachai, Wood, Eric F
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London Nature Publishing Group 01.08.2018
Subjects:	21st century Agricultural land Agriculture Biodegradation Biodiversity Carbon capture and storage Carbon sequestration Climate change Deforestation Forest protection Forests Future climates Highlands Imagery Intensive farming Land cover Land degradation Land use Satellite imagery Satellites Shifting cultivation Spaceborne remote sensing Tropical climate Southeast Asia
ISSN:	1752-0894, 1752-0908
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