Zero deforestation initiatives and their impacts on ...

refer to gross deforestation [13]. Benchmark data on Amazon deforestation are based mostly on information from Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research, which publishes estimates of gross deforestation [22]. ‘Zero net deforestation’ means no change to the total forested area, and therefore new forests compensate for converted forests.

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