@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 = "21 maio 2024"
}