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Accelerated deforestation in the humid tropics from the 1990s to the 2000s

Using a consistent, 20 year series of high‐ (30 m) resolution, satellite‐based maps of forest cover, we estimate forest area and its changes from 1990 to 2010 in 34 tropical countries that account for the majority of the global area of humid tropical forests. Our estimates indicate a 62% acceleratio...

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Autores principales: Kim, Do‐Hyung, Sexton, Joseph O., Townshend, John R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5012126/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27656010
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2014GL062777