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

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 and Lian Pin Koh ()
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Hoong Chen Teo: National University of Singapore
Aakash Lamba: National University of Singapore
Sean J. W. Ng: National University of Singapore
Anh Tuan Nguyen: Vietnam National University
Adrian Dwiputra: National University of Singapore
Annabel Jia Yi Lim: National University of Singapore
Minh Nhat Nguyen: Duy Tan University
Pantana Tor-ngern: Chulalongkorn University
Yiwen Zeng: National University of Singapore
Sonya Dewi: Centre for International Forestry Research and World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF)
Lian Pin Koh: National University of Singapore

Nature Sustainability, 2025, vol. 8, issue 4, 358-362

Abstract: 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

Date: 2025
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