Figure 5
From: Monitoring tropical forest carbon stocks and emissions using Planet satellite data
Examples of changes over time in ACD (Mg C ha−1), measured as the difference between our ACD estimates (2017) and the results from Asner et al.8 from 2012. Intact forests showed insignificant changes in ACD in southeastern Peru (a,b), while other sources of natural variation, like river meandering, created a buffer of carbon emission zones along its path (c,d). Human-dominated sources of carbon emissions were represented by deforestation along the Iquitos-Nauta road in Loreto (e,f), aggressive cocoa plantation expansion disturbing a high biomass forest near Iquitos (g,h), deforestation, forest degradation and two new large areas of oil palm plantation near the city of Pucallpa, Ucayali (i,j), and expansion of gold mining activities between Boca Colorado and Puerto Maldonado, in Madre de Dios (k,l).
