%0 Journal Article
%4 sid.inpe.br/mtc-m21c/2019/08.26.11.06
%2 sid.inpe.br/mtc-m21c/2019/08.26.11.06.12
%@doi 10.1038/s41893-019-0336-9
%@issn 2398-9629
%T Improved estimates of forest cover and loss in the Brazilian Amazon in 2000–2017
%D 2019
%8 Aug.
%9 journal article
%A Qin, Yuanwei,
%A Xiao, Xiangming,
%A Dong, Jinwei,
%A Zhang, Yao,
%A Wu, Xiaocui,
%A Shimabukuro, Yosio Edemir,
%A Arai, Egidio,
%A Biradar, Chandrashekhar,
%A Wang, Jie,
%A Zou, Zhenhua,
%A Liu, Fang,
%A Shi, Zheng,
%A Doughty, Russell,
%A Moore III, Berrien,
%@affiliation University of Oklahoma
%@affiliation University of Oklahoma
%@affiliation Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing
%@affiliation University of Oklahoma
%@affiliation University of Oklahoma
%@affiliation Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)
%@affiliation Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)
%@affiliation International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas
%@affiliation University of Oklahoma
%@affiliation University of Oklahoma
%@affiliation Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing
%@affiliation University of Oklahoma
%@affiliation University of Oklahoma
%@affiliation University of Oklahoma
%@electronicmailaddress
%@electronicmailaddress
%@electronicmailaddress
%@electronicmailaddress
%@electronicmailaddress
%@electronicmailaddress yosio.shimabukuro@inpe.br
%@electronicmailaddress egidio.arai@inpe.br
%B Nature Sustainability
%V 2
%N 8
%P 764-772
%X The data, information and knowledge on the tropical forest area and its dynamics in the Brazilian Amazon remain contentious. We use time-series satellite images to quantify annual forest area, loss and gain in the Brazilian Amazon during 2000-2017. We find that forest area was -15% higher than the estimate by the official Brazilian forest dataset (PRODES), but annual forest-loss rates were twice the PRODES estimates (-0.027 x 10(6) km(2) yr(-1) during 2001-2016). Forest-loss rates increased again after 2013. The El Nino and drought year (2015/2016) drove large forest area loss. The cumulative forest-loss area within the protected areas (which include -50% of forests in the region) was -11% of the total forest-loss area, which highlights the roles of protected areas in forest conservation.
%@language en
%3 qin_improved.pdf
%O Prêmio CAPES Elsevier 2023 - ODS 15: Vida terrestre