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Congo Basin forest loss dominated by increasing smallholder clearing

Published:2018-11-02 Issue:11 Volume:4 Page:
ISSN:2375-2548
Container-title:Science Advances
language:en
Short-container-title:Sci. Adv.

Author:

Tyukavina Alexandra¹,Hansen Matthew C.¹^ORCID,Potapov Peter¹^ORCID,Parker Diana¹^ORCID,Okpa Chima¹^ORCID,Stehman Stephen V.²,Kommareddy Indrani¹,Turubanova Svetlana¹

Affiliation:

1. Department of Geographical Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20740, USA.

2. College of Environmental Science and Forestry, State University of New York, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA.

Abstract

Congo Basin forest loss is dominated by smallholder agriculture with accelerating primary forest loss mirroring population growth.

Funder

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

United States Agency for International Development

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Subject

Multidisciplinary

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