CHAPTER FIVE

Figure 5.1. Results from deforestation and regeneration mapping for 1999. Areas of deforestation are shown as white dots and outlines. Most of the deforestation is concentrated in areas of historical deforestation along a crescent along the southern fringe of the closed-canopy forest zone. Most intensive deforestation occurs in the states of Para, Mato Gross and Rondonia.

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