A Global Analysis of Deforestation in Moist Tropical Forest Protected Areas.

A Global Analysis of Deforestation in Moist Tropical Forest Protected Areas.

Protected areas (PAs) have been established to conserve tropical forests, but their effectiveness at reducing deforestation is uncertain. To explore this issue, we combined high resolution data of global forest loss over the period 2000-2012 with data on PAs. For each PA we quantified forest loss wi...

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Main Authors: B D Spracklen, M Kalamandeen, D Galbraith, E Gloor, D V Spracklen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4669159?pdf=render

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