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Deforestation in key Madagascar park accelerated after 2009 coup d'etat, finds satellite analysis
2013-03-18 08:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Deforestation and forest disturbance in Madagascar's largest national park increased significantly less than a year after a coup displaced the country's democratically-elected president in 2009, finds a new study that analyzed forest cover in Masoala National Park. The study, published in Mongabay.com's open-access academic journal Tropical Conservation Science, is based on analysis of high resolution satellite data and ground surveys in the park, which is located in northeastern Madagascar. It...
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