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SUBMITTER: Kalamandeen M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5785515 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kalamandeen Michelle M Gloor Emanuel E Mitchard Edward E Quincey Duncan D Ziv Guy G Spracklen Dominick D Spracklen Benedict B Adami Marcos M Aragão Luiz E O C LEOC Galbraith David D
Scientific reports 20180125 1
Understanding forest loss patterns in Amazonia, the Earth's largest rainforest region, is critical for effective forest conservation and management. Following the most detailed analysis to date, spanning the entire Amazon and extending over a 14-year period (2001-2014), we reveal significant shifts in deforestation dynamics of Amazonian forests. Firstly, hotspots of Amazonian forest loss are moving away from the southern Brazilian Amazon to Peru and Bolivia. Secondly, while the number of new lar ...[more]