While often perceived as being immune to adverse change, new satellite observations highlight the unexpected impacts of human activities on the world’s protected and intact forests.
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Lucas, R. The vulnerability of global forests to human and climate impacts. Nat Sustain 6, 354–355 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-022-01047-8
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