INDEX
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Achard, Frdric,
Acre, Brazil,
advanced very high resolution radiometer (AVHRR),
Afrotropical,
agroforestry,
agro-industry,
Aichi targets,
Amap, Brazil,
Amazonas,
Amazon Basin, . See also specific country names
Amazon Deforestation Monitoring Project (PRODES),
Amaznia Legal region, Brazil,
Amazon Region Protected Areas Program (ARPA),
Amazon River,
Andean Amazon countries,
arc of deforestation,
Asia Pulp and Paper (APP),
Assam, India,
Association Technique Internationale des Bois Tropicaux,
Atelopus varius. See
Australia,
Banerjee, A. K.,
beef production. See
Bertin SA,
Bia National Park,
Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project,
blackwater,
Bolivia,
Borneo,
BR-163 highway,
Brazilian Development Bank,
Brazilian Forest Code,
Brazilian National Institute for Space Research. See
broadleaf forest,
Bufo periglenes. See
Callicebus caquetensis. See
Cancn,
Caquet titi (Callicebus caquetensis). See
Cardoso, President Fernando Henrique,
Ceiba pentandra. See
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR),
Central Africa,
Central African Forest Commission (COMIFAC),
Central Kalimantan, Indonesia,
cerrado,
Chicxulub,
China,
Climate and Land Use Alliance,
closed forest,
Club of Rome,
Coalition for Rainforest Nations,
coffee,
Colobus badius (red colobus),
Colobus polykomos (black-and-white colobus),
Committee on Abrupt Climate Change,
Conference of the Parties, COP 9, COP 11,
Congo Basin,
Congo River,
Conservation International,
consumers,
consumption,
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD),
Aichi biodiversity targets,
Copernicus program,
corruption,
Costa Rica,
Deforesting the Earth (Michael Williams),
Denevan, William M.,
DETER,
die-back,
drought deciduous trees,
Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS),
Earth Summit. See
ecological representation,
Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity, The (TEEB),
Ecuador,
Ecuadoran Amazon,
Elaeis guineensis. See
El Nio events,
El Salvador,
enrichment planting,
environmental Kuznets curve,
European Commission Joint Research Centre,
European Space Agency,
EU Timber Regulation,
extinction. See
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). See
forest fragmentation,
Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT),
Forest Resources Assessments (FRAs). See under
forest transition theory,
forest types. See
forestry laws,
forts classes,
G8+5,
Global Amphibian Assessment,
Global Biodiversity Strategy,
Global Environmental Facility,
Global Forest Program (WWF),
Golden Agri-Resources,
Gmez-Pompa, Arturo,
Google Earth Engine,
Grainger, Alan,
Greenpeace,
Guianas,
Guiana Shield,
Hansen, Matthew C.,
Heart of Borneo initiative,
Hevea brasiliensis. See
high conservation value forest,
Homo sapiens,
Honduras,
hot spots. See under
India,
Indo-Pacific living planet indices,
intact forest landscape,
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change,
Intergovernmental Panel on Forests,
International Classification and Mapping of Vegetation System (UNESCO),
International Institute for Sustainable Development,
International Tropical Timber Organization,
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN),
intertropical convergence zone,
island biogeography theory,
ivory,
Japan,
Ja National Park,
Java,
JBS,
Joint Forest Management,
Joint Research Centre of the EU Commission,
Kalimantan, Indonesia,
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Kuala Lumpur,
Kyoto Protocol,
Lacey Act,
land speculation,
. See also specific country names
light detection and ranging laser (lidar),
Limits to Growth, The,
Living Amazon Initiative. See
Living Planet Report,
Lovejoy, Thomas E.,
Lula da Silva, President,
Madagascar,
Manaus, Brazil,
Manu,
Maretti, Cludio,
Mather, Alexander,
Mato Grosso, Brazil,
mean species abundance index
meat production: beef (see
Met Office Hadley Centre,
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment,
mining,
moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer (MODIS),
Mongabay,
Montanhas do Tumucumaque National Park,
Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve,
moratoriums,
multilateral environmental agreements,
Multispectral Scanner,
Musanga cecropioides. See
Myanmar,
Myers, Norman,
National Forum on BioDiversity,
National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration,
National Research Council,
Natural Capital Coalition (TEEB),
Nature Conservancy,
Neotropical realm,
NGOs. See
nonforested land,
. See also names of specific nongovernmental organizations
nonindigenous communities,
nontimber forest products,
Oakland Institute,
old-growth forest,
Operation Jurupari,
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD),
Pacas Novos National Park, Brazil, plate
Pacific Islands,
paleontological records,
Papua New Guinea,
Par, Brazil,
peatland,
Peninsular Malaysia,
Persson, Reidar,
Porto Velho, Rondnia, Brazil,
protected areas,
Pseudoryx nghetinhensis (saola),
Rainforest Action Network,
Rainforest Alliance,
Rainforest Foundation,
Ravenala madagascariensis. See
Riau, Indonesia,
rice cultivation,
Richards, P. W.,
Rio Juruena, Brazil,
Robin Wood,
Rondnia, Brazil,
Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO),
Sabah, Malaysia,
saola (Pseudoryx nghetinhensis),
So Paulo, Brazil,
Sarawak, Malaysia,
savanna,
Schimper, A. F. W.,
Sentinel satellite,
shifting agriculture/shifting cultivation. See under
Sierra Club,
Silent Spring (Rachel Carson),
silk cotton tree. See
Sinar Mas Group,
Sommer, Adrian,
South America, . See also specific country names
South Asia,
Southeast Asia,
Smithsonian Institution,
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute,
Sri Lanka,
Stern, Nicholas,
Stern Review on Economics of Climate Change, The,
Sting (person),
Styler, Trudie,
sugar,
Sukhdev, Pavan,
Sumatra, Indonesia,
swamp forests,
synthetic aperture radar (SAR),
systme probatoire pour lobservation de la terre (SPOT),
teleconnections,
Thematic Mapper. See
Theobroma cacao. See
titi. See
Tropical Forestry Action Plan,
Tropical Forest Resources Assessment Project. See under
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