Branching Out Beyond Native Forests to Track Tree Loss in the Amazon (1 of 3) (IMAGE)

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Branching Out Beyond Native Forests to Track Tree Loss in the Amazon (1 of 3)

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A map of the Brazilian Legal Amazon showing 2001-2013 forest loss using estimates from the satellite-based monitoring system PRODES and a University of Maryland tree cover loss map. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the April 12, 2017 issue of Science Advances, published by AAAS. The paper, by A. Tyukavina at University of Maryland in College Park, MD, and colleagues was titled, "Types and rates of forest disturbance in Brazilian Legal Amazon, 2000-2013."

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[Credit: Tyukavina <i>et al.</i> Sci. Adv. 2017;3:e1601047]

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