Forest loss in the Amazon basin

This map shows cumulative forest loss from 2001 to 2020 in the Amazon basin. Forest loss in this dataset is defined as a ‘stand-replacement disturbance’, or a change from a forest to non-forest state for every pixel of the dataset. The forest loss data, from the University of Maryland, has been overlaid onto the 2018 above ground biomass dataset, generated by ESA’s Climate Change Initiative.

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