Brazilian coastal forest, Itacaré. Photograph: © SAF — Coastal Care
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Because of the deforestation of tropical rainforests in Brazil, significantly more carbon has been lost than was previously assumed.
The effect of the degradation has been underestimated in fragmented forest areas, since it was hitherto not possible to calculate the loss of the biomass at the forest edges and the higher emission of carbon dioxide.
For the first time, this examination shows a methodical way in which ecological effects in small areas can be used for large-scale environmental assessments…
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