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Degraded Forest Island with a Burnt Edge

Caption: Degraded forest island with a burnt edge lies within a deforested patch of Amazonian forest in Mato Grosso state, southeast Amazonia, as an example of one of the potential causes of increased fire incidence with reduced deforestation rates.

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