#deforested — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #deforested, aggregated by home.social.
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"Mapping how #deforested land in #Africa is used
Africa's #forested areas—an estimated 14 % of the global forest area—are continuing to decline at an increasing rate—mostly because of human activities to convert forest land for economic purposes. As natural #forests are important CO2 and #biodiversity reservoirs, this development has a significant impact on #climatechange and affects the integrity of #nature."
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Forest Fragmentation Is Changing The Shape Of Amazonian Trees, Finds Study [remotesensing]
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https://phys.org/news/2023-12-forest-fragmentation-amazonian-trees.html <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-44004-5 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #amazonia #amazon #amazonrainforest #brazil #remotesensing #LiDAR #terrestrial #terrestriallaser #forestry #lossofhabitat #clearing #trees #vegetation #harvesting #model #modeling #canopy #tree #treecanopy #deforested #tropicalrainforest #tropical #rainforest #forestedge #treeshape #light #sunlight #biomass #ecosystem #treehealth #fragmentedforest #model #survey #habitatfragmentation #treearchitecture #allometry #forestconservation #foresthealth #CentralAmazonia #edgeeffects #carbonsequestration #climatechange