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Food, Agriculture, and Land Use in Southeast Asia

Provided by: Project Drawdown |Published on: November 26, 2025

Scientific Reports

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Synopsis

This report from Project Drawdown explains the methods and benefits of implementing the most impactful climate solutions for Southeast Asia, caused by emissions from food choices, agriculture, and land use changes.
Students will understand how changing various agricultural practices, stopping deforestation, protecting mangroves and peatland, and reducing food waste will reduce emissions in Southeast Asia.

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Subjects: Biology, Health

Authors: Emily Cassidy, James Gerber, Ph.D

Region: Asia

Languages: English

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Teaching Materials

Positives

This report is very extensive, covering information from methods and limitations to country-specific data.
The report is organized well and broken up into manageable sections that reduce overwhelm in readers.

Prerequisites

It may benefit students to already understand how agriculture and land use impact climate change. This video lesson gives a good overview of modern agricultural practices and their impacts.
Students should be familiar with greenhouse gases and their role in the greenhouse effect.

Differentiation & Implementation

Teachers with limited class time can focus on reading the Key Findings, rather than downloading the publication.
Students can form jigsaw groups, with each group reading through a different solution or focusing on the country-specific sections. After reading and discussing, students can share their findings with the class.
Teachers can print a selection of the graphs, charts, and maps in the report, post them around the room, and have students take part in a gallery walk, writing down what they notice as they go through.
When thinking about deforestation, students can also discuss the habitat destruction and fragmentation that result from it, and the impact this has on wildlife and biodiversity.
Teachers can use the Benefits to People sections to demonstrate the connection between the Sustainable Development Goals, focusing on SDG 2, Zero Hunger, SDG 3, Good Health and Well-Being, SDG 8, Decent Work and Economic Growth, and SDG 13, Climate Action.

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Project Drawdown

Project Drawdown is a nonprofit organization that seeks to help the world reach “drawdown”—the future point in time when levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere stop climbing and start to steadily decline. Cities, universities, corporations, philanthropies, policymakers, communities, educators, activists, and more turn to Project Drawdown as they look to advance effective climate action. Project Drawdown resources for educators include the database of Drawdown Solutions, educational video series Climate Solutions 101, the Drawdown Stories initiative, and more.

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