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Fire in the Xingu River Basin
Published June 8, 2013
New maps of understory forest fires in the southern Amazon suggest there’s little connection between deforestation and understory fires. Some indigenous reserves where deforestation is minimal still have frequent understory fires.
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Deforestation in Brazil
Published February 1, 2001
Just months after coming online, the ASTER instrument captured a view of forest clearing in Rondonia.
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