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The global scar on Congo forests

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It has long been observed that roads clear the way to deforestation in the tropics. Viewing deforestation scars in the Congo Basin from space, we can now model the impact roads have both inside and outside logging concessions.

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  1. Laboratory for Geospatial Analysis, Geography Institute, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico

    Stéphane Couturier

  2. Centre for Complexity Science, UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico

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Couturier, S. The global scar on Congo forests. Nat Sustain 2, 547–548 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-019-0315-1

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