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Discuss the Contemporary Trends of Deforestation in the World

  • Biogeography

Deforestation — the permanent conversion of forested land to non-forest land use (as distinct from forest degradation, which involves thinning of canopy and carbon loss without an outright change in land use, typically followed by regrowth) — has been one of the most consequential anthropogenic transformations of the Earth's terrestrial biosphere. Since the dawn of…

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  • Contemporary Trends of Deforestation
  • I. Historical Trajectory of Global Deforestation (Pre-1990)
  • II. Post-2000 Trends: A Bifurcated Global Pattern
  • III. Distinguishing Deforestation from Forest Degradation: The Contemporary Driver Mix
  • IV. Contemporary Geographical Risk Pattern
  • V. Case Study: Drivers of Forest Loss in the Brazilian Legal Amazon (2001–2013)
  • …and 2 more sections, with a conclusion

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