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Has global deforestation accelerated due to the COVID-19 pandemic?

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Title Has global deforestation accelerated due to the COVID-19 pandemic?
 
Creator Céspedes, Jonnathan
Sylvester, Janelle Marie
Pérez Marulanda, Lisset
Paz Garcia, Paula
Reymondin, Louis
Khodadadi, Mehran
Tello, Jhon J.
Castro-Nuñez, Augusto Carlos
 
Subject covid-19
deforestation
time series analysis
impact assessment
deforestación
análisis de series cronológicas
evaluación del impacto
 
Description As the COVID-19 pandemic unfolded, questions arose as to whether the pandemic would amplify or pacify tropical deforestation. Early reports warned of increased deforestation rates; however, these studies were limited to a few months in 2020 or to selected regions. To better understand how the pandemic influenced tropical deforestation globally, this study used historical deforestation data (2004–2019) from the Terra-i pantropical land cover change monitoring system to project expected deforestation trends for 2020, which were used to determine whether observed deforestation deviated from expected trajectories after the first COVID-19 cases were reported. Time series analyses were conducted at the regional level for the Americas, Africa and Asia and at the country level for Brazil, Colombia, Peru, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Indonesia. Our results suggest that the pandemic did not alter the course of deforestation trends in some countries (e.g., Brazil, Indonesia), while it did in others (e.g., Peru). We posit the importance of monitoring the long-term effects of the pandemic on deforestation trends as countries prioritize economic recovery in the aftermath of the pandemic.
 
Date 2023-08
2022-11-22T11:22:02Z
2022-11-22T11:22:02Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Céspedes, J.; Sylvester, J.M.; Perez-Marulanda, L.; Paz-Garcia, P.; Reymondin, L.; Khodadadi, M.; Tello, J.J.; Castro-Nunez, A. (2022) Has global deforestation accelerated due to the COVID-19 pandemic? Journal of Forestry Research 13 p. ISSN: 1007-662X
1007-662X
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/125563
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11676-022-01561-7
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
Open Access
 
Format p. 1153-1165
application/pdf
 
Publisher Springer Science and Business Media LLC
 
Source Journal of Forestry Research