The drivers and impacts of Amazon forest degradation

Approximately 2.5 × 10 6 square kilometers of the Amazon forest are currently degraded by fire, edge effects, timber extraction, and/or extreme drought, representing 38% of all remaining forests in the region. Carbon emissions from this degradation total up to 0.2 petagrams of carbon per year (Pg C...

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Published in:	Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 2023-01, Vol.379 (6630), p.eabp8622
Main Authors:	Lapola, David M., Pinho, Patricia, Barlow, Jos, Aragão, Luiz E. O. C., Berenguer, Erika, Carmenta, Rachel, Liddy, Hannah M., Seixas, Hugo, Silva, Camila V. J., Silva-Junior, Celso H. L., Alencar, Ane A. C., Anderson, Liana O., Armenteras, Dolors, Brovkin, Victor, Calders, Kim, Chambers, Jeffrey, Chini, Louise, Costa, Marcos H., Faria, Bruno L., Fearnside, Philip M., Ferreira, Joice, Gatti, Luciana, Gutierrez-Velez, Victor Hugo, Han, Zhangang, Hibbard, Kathleen, Koven, Charles, Lawrence, Peter, Pongratz, Julia, Portela, Bruno T. T., Rounsevell, Mark, Ruane, Alex C., Schaldach, Rüdiger, da Silva, Sonaira S., von Randow, Celso, Walker, Wayne S.
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Subjects:	Biodiversity Brazil Carbon Carbon Cycle Conservation of Natural Resources ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES Rainforest
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