High-Resolution Global Maps of 21st-Century Forest Cover Change
High-Resolution Global Maps of 21st-Century Forest Cover Change
M. Hansen,P. Potapov,12 Authors,J. Townshend
2013 · DOI: 10.1126/science.1244693
Science · 10,960 Citations
TLDR
Intensive forestry practiced within subtropical forests resulted in the highest rates of forest change globally, and boreal forest loss due largely to fire and forestry was second to that in the tropics in absolute and proportional terms.