Long-term (1990–2019) monitoring of forest cover changes in the humid tropics
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 ove...
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| author | Vancutsem, C. Achard, F. Pekel, J.F. Vieilledent, G. Carboni, S. Simonetti, D. Gallego, J. Aragão, Luiz E.O.C Nasi, R. |
| author_browse | Achard, F. Aragão, Luiz E.O.C Carboni, S. Gallego, J. Nasi, R. Pekel, J.F. Simonetti, D. Vancutsem, C. Vieilledent, G. |
| author_facet | Vancutsem, C. Achard, F. Pekel, J.F. Vieilledent, G. Carboni, S. Simonetti, D. Gallego, J. Aragão, Luiz E.O.C Nasi, R. |
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1130892025-01-27T15:00:52Z Long-term (1990–2019) monitoring of forest cover changes in the humid tropics Vancutsem, C. Achard, F. Pekel, J.F. Vieilledent, G. Carboni, S. Simonetti, D. Gallego, J. Aragão, Luiz E.O.C Nasi, R. defprestation tropical forests 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. 2021-03-05 2021-03-23T07:28:52Z 2021-03-23T07:28:52Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/113089 en Open Access American Association for the Advancement of Science Vancutsem, C., Achard, F., Pekel, J.-F., Vieilledent, G., Carboni, S., Simonetti, D., Gallego, J., Aragão, L.E.O.C., Nasi, R. 2021. Long-term (1990–2019) monitoring of forest cover changes in the humid tropics. Science Advances 7 (10): eabe1603. https://10.1126/sciadv.abe1603 |
| spellingShingle | defprestation tropical forests Vancutsem, C. Achard, F. Pekel, J.F. Vieilledent, G. Carboni, S. Simonetti, D. Gallego, J. Aragão, Luiz E.O.C Nasi, R. Long-term (1990–2019) monitoring of forest cover changes in the humid tropics |
| title | Long-term (1990–2019) monitoring of forest cover changes in the humid tropics |
| title_full | Long-term (1990–2019) monitoring of forest cover changes in the humid tropics |
| title_fullStr | Long-term (1990–2019) monitoring of forest cover changes in the humid tropics |
| title_full_unstemmed | Long-term (1990–2019) monitoring of forest cover changes in the humid tropics |
| title_short | Long-term (1990–2019) monitoring of forest cover changes in the humid tropics |
| title_sort | long term 1990 2019 monitoring of forest cover changes in the humid tropics |
| topic | defprestation tropical forests |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/113089 |
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