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Cropland expansion drives vegetation greenness decline in Southeast Asia
Department of Geography, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117570, Singapore
Department of Geography, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117570, Singapore
Centre for Nature-based Climate Solutions, Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117558, Singapore
Yuheng Yang
Department of Geography, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117570, Singapore
Luri Nurlaila Syahid
Department of Geography, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117570, Singapore
Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA
Janice Ser Huay Lee
Asian School of the Environment, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Singapore
Earth Observatory of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637459, Singapore
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Southeast Asia has been a global hot spot of land-use change over the past 50 years. Meanwhile, it also hosts some of the most carbon-dense and diverse ecosystems in the world. Here, we explore the impact of land-use change, along with other environmental factors, on the ecosystem in Southeast Asia. We find that elevated CO2 imposed a positive impact on vegetation greenness, but the positive impact was largely offset by intensive land-use changes in the region, particularly cropland expansion.
Southeast Asia has been a global hot spot of land-use change over the past 50 years. Meanwhile,...
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