@Article{VancutsemAPVCSGAR:2021:Lo19Mo,
               author = "Vancutsem, Christelle and Achard, F. and Pekel, J. F. and 
                         Vieilledent, G. and Carboni, S. and Simonetti, D. and Gallego, J. 
                         and Arag{\~a}o, Luiz Eduardo Oliveira e Cruz de and Rasi, R.",
          affiliation = "European Commission, Joint Research Centre and European 
                         Commission, Joint Research Centre and European Commission, Joint 
                         Research Centre and European Commission, Joint Research Centre and 
                         {GFT Italia} and European Commission, Joint Research Centre and 
                         European Commission, Joint Research Centre and {Instituto Nacional 
                         de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)} and {Center for International 
                         Forestry Research (CIFOR)}",
                title = "Long-term (1990–2019) monitoring of forest cover changes in the 
                         humid tropics",
              journal = "Science Advances",
                 year = "2021",
               volume = "7",
               number = "10",
                pages = "eabel1603",
                month = "Mar.",
                 note = "{Pr{\^e}mio CAPES Elsevier 2023 - ODS 15: Vida terrestre}",
             abstract = "Accurate characterization of tropical moist forest changes is 
                         needed to support conservation policies and to quantify their 
                         contribution to global carbon fluxes more effectively. We 
                         document, at pantropical scale, the extent and changes 
                         (degradation, deforestation, and recovery) of these forests over 
                         the past three decades. We estimate that 17% of tropical moist 
                         forests have disappeared since 1990 with a remaining area of 1071 
                         million hectares in 2019, from which 10% are degraded. Our study 
                         underlines the importance of the degradation process in these 
                         ecosystems, in particular, as a precursor of deforestation, and in 
                         the recent increase in tropical moist forest disturbances (natural 
                         and anthropogenic degradation or deforestation). Without a 
                         reduction of the present disturbance rates, undisturbed forests 
                         will disappear entirely in large tropical humid regions by 2050. 
                         Our study suggests that reinforcing actions are needed to prevent 
                         the initial degradation that leads to forest clearance in 45% of 
                         the cases.",
                  doi = "10.1126/sciadv.abe1603",
                  url = "http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abe1603",
                 issn = "2375-2548",
             language = "en",
           targetfile = "vanctusen_long.pdf",
        urlaccessdate = "09 maio 2024"
}