Hidden Threats Take Toll in Amazon

By overlooking logging and suface fires, deforestation estimates have missed more than half of the actual damage occurring in the Amazon rainforest each year.

References:

Nepstad, D.C., et al. 1999. Large-scale impoverishment of Amazonian forests by logging and fire. Nature 398(April 8):505.

Further Readings:

Monastersky, R. 1993. The deforestation debate. Science News 144(July 10):26.

Sources:

Diógenes S. Alves
Pesquisador Titular INPE - DPI
Av. dos Astronautas, 1758
CEP 12227-010
São José dos Campos SP
Brazil

Daniel C. Nepstad
Woods Hole Research Center
P.O. Box 296
Woods Hole, MA 02543

David Skole
Michigan State University
407 Natural Science
East Lansing, MI 48824

From Science News, Vol. 155, No. 15, April 10, 1999, p. 228. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.

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