Long-term forest degradation surpasses deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon

Eraldo Aparecido Trondoli Matricardi, David L. Skole, Olívia Bueno da Costa, Marcos Antônio Pedlowski, Jay H. Samek, Éder Pereira Miguel

Science · 2020 · 409 citations · 36 references

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that were deforested. Forest degradation is a separate and increasing form of forest disturbance, and the area affected is now greater than that due to deforestation.

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