Has Global Deforestation Accelerated Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic?

Overview

Journal J For Res (Harbin)

Publisher Springer

Date 2022 Nov 21

PMID 36405883

Authors

Jonnathan Cespedes

Janelle M Sylvester

Lisset Perez-Marulanda

Paula Paz-Garcia

Louis Reymondin

Mehran Khodadadi

Jhon J Tello

Augusto Castro-Nunez

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Abstract

Supplementary Information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11676-022-01561-7.

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