Brazilian Deforestation Falls Sharply in Past Eight Years

Yale Environment 360: Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon fell by 77 percent from 2004 to 2011, but carbon emissions did not drop as steeply because of complex processes revealed during on-the-ground studies, scientists say. While analysis of satellite images showed the three-quarters drop in deforestation, researchers said that several factors — including the slow decay of roots and the later burning of wood biomass — meant that carbon emissions from deforestation fell by 57 percent during the same period, according...

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Enclosure: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2012.02782.x/abstract;jsessionid=54F9DD65C95815AECD142D46E4E520A9.d03t02