A new study has revealed that the rich native tree diversity in South and Southeast Asia is at risk of potential extinction. The region-wide and spatially explicit threat assessment focused on 63 socio-economically important native trees in Asia, showing that all species are highly vulnerable to at least one of the common threats in the region’s landscapes, namely habitat conversion, overexploitation, overgrazing, fire, and climate change. These forest landscapes, which are critical in sustaining diverse ecosystem services for hundreds of millions of people, urgently require coordinated and targeted conservation and restoration initiatives to prevent further destruction and biodiversity loss that undermines ecosystem functioning.
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Source: Phys.org