The Rate and Extent of Deforestation in Brazilian Amazonia
- 1 January 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Environmental Conservation
- Vol. 17 (3), 213-226
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0376892900032355
Abstract
Examination of the often contradictory estimates of the rate and extent of deforestation in Brazilian Amazonia leads to a ‘best estimate’ of the cumulative area of forest cleared through 1988 as 345 × 103 km2 (including old clearings), or 8.2% of the 4 × 106 km2 forested portion of Brasil's 5 × 106 km2 ‘Legal Amazon’ region.Keywords
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