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Gregory P. Asner (Carnegie Institution)
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Deforestation remains the dominant pattern of tropical forest change worldwide.
Regrowth of tropical forests is substantial but remains in the geographic minority.
Selective logging is not deforestation, but it is as widespread (or more so) than deforestation.
All of the deforestation, logging and especially regrowth estimates come from caveats related to limited satellite technology.
In the face of rapid deforestation and forest degradation, the tropical biodiversity safety net provided by intact forests is highly frayed and uncertain. |