Peatlands in SEA have undergone extensive logging, drainage and land use conversion that have caused habitat loss for endemic species, i.e., the orangutan  . Prolonged droughts associated with El Niño  compound the effects of drainage, leading to large recurrent fires . Under RCP8.5, it is projected that by the end of this century, the annual rainfall over SEA will decrease significantly , and the number of consecutive dry days will increase significantly  over Indonesia and Malaysia . Peat degradation and losses to fire result in high GHG emissions  as well as haze pollution which is a trans-boundary problem in the region .
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