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Baseline Map of Carbon Emissions from Deforestation in Tropical Regions

Harris, Nancy L., Brown, Sandra, Hagen, Stephen C., Saatchi, Sassan S., Petrova, Silvia, Salas, William, Hansen, Matthew C., Potapov, Peter V., Lotsch, Alexander·2012·Science

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Tropical Carbon Loss: Accurate and precise measures of tropical deforestation and the resulting carbon emissions are needed in order to formulate climate policy. Harris et al. (p. 1573 ; see the Perspective by Zarin ) used satellite observations of deforestation within the tropics of three continents to estimate that gross annual carbon emissions were approximately 0.8 Pg Cyr −2 (Pg = 10 15 g) for the years 2000 to 2005, from the loss of 43 million hectares of forest. This result, which is about one-third of some previous estimates, should serve as a baseline for future assessments of changes in the rate of loss of tropical forests.

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Authors
Harris, N. L., Brown, S., Hagen, S. C., Saatchi, S. S., Petrova, S., Salas, W., Hansen, M. C., Potapov, P. V., & Lotsch, A.
Venue
Science
Published
2012-06-22
Volume
336
Issue
6088
Pages
1573-1576
ISSN
  • 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
  • 1095-9203
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journal article
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en
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Harris, N. L., Brown, S., Hagen, S. C., Saatchi, S. S., Petrova, S., Salas, W., Hansen, M. C., Potapov, P. V., & Lotsch, A. (2012). Baseline Map of Carbon Emissions from Deforestation in Tropical Regions. Science. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1217962

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