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Coordinated conservation and restoration found to be critical to save Asia's threatened native trees

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Phys.org

Publication Date
2022-02-02

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.

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https://phys.org/news/2022-02-critical-asia-threatened-native-trees.html