Strong deforestation signals from Central and West Africa in July, August, and September 2012
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NASA satellites picked up signals of potential deforestation across extensive parts of Latin America, West and Central Africa, and Southeast Asia between July 1 and September 30, according to the latest update on Mongabay.com’s Global Forest Disturbance Alert.
In Latin America areas with a particularly large number of potential deforestation signals include the Pacific coast regions of Colombia and Ecuador, Southern Venezuela, Bolivia’s Chaco, and the Brazilian state of Par´. In Asia, Myanmar and Indonesian Borneo showed signs of significant deforestation; while in Africa, forest change signals were concentrated in West and Central Africa, particularly Liberia, Cote d’Ivoire, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, and Democratic Republic of Congo.
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