Mongabay: New NASA data shows a jump in forest loss in two remote parks in the Peruvian Amazon during the first three months of 2015.
NASA's Quarterly Indicator of Cover Change (QUICC), a MODIS satellite-based product that underpins Mongabay's Global Forest Disturbance Alert System (GloF-DAS), detected a significant increase in forest disturbance in Peru's Alto Nanay Pintuyacu Chambira conservation area and Alto Purus National Park between January 1 and March 31, 2015. The forest loss is unusual: according...