Oil palm is one of the world's most rapidly increasing crops. We assess its contribution to
tropical deforestation and review its biodiversity value. Oil palm has replaced large areas of …

Tropical forests and peatlands provide important ecological, climate and socio‐economic
benefits from the local to the global scale. However, these ecosystems and their associated …

Abstract In September–October 2015, El Niño and positive Indian Ocean Dipole conditions
set the stage for massive fires in Sumatra and Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo), leading to …

Trans-boundary haze events in Southeast Asia are associated with large forest and
peatland fires in Indonesia. These episodes of extreme air pollution usually occur during …

Abstract Insular Southeast Asia experienced the highest level of deforestation among all
humid tropical regions of the world during the 1990s. Owing to the exceptionally high …

Indigenous peoples (IPs) worldwide are confronted by the increasing threat of pollution.
Based on a comprehensive review of the literature (n= 686 studies), we present the current …

For centuries swidden was an important farming practice found across the girth of Southeast
Asia. Today, however, these systems are changing and sometimes disappearing at a pace …

Fires associated with agricultural and plantation development in Indonesia impact
ecosystem services and release emissions into the atmosphere that degrade regional air …

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Abstract Models of atmospheric composition rely on fire emissions inventories to reconstruct
and project impacts of biomass burning on air quality, public health, climate, ecosystem …