Examples of Changes Over Time in Aboveground Carbon Density Estimates between 2012 and 2017 (IMAGE)

Arizona State University, Center for Global Discovery and Conservation Science

Examples of Changes Over Time in Aboveground Carbon Density Estimates between 2012 and 2017

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Examples of changes over time in aboveground carbon density estimates between 2012 and 2017. Various patterns are shown, from intact forests and river meandering, to human-dominated sources of carbon emissions, represented by deforestation along the Iquitos-Nauta road in Loreto, aggressive cocoa plantation expansion near Iquitos, oil palm plantations near Pucallpa, Ucayali, and expansion of gold mining activities in Madre de Dios.

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The Arizona State University Center for Global Discovery and Conservation Biology

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