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To produce our forest change estimates we used a systematic sample of medium resolution satellite data processed to forest change maps covering 1230 sites of 20 km by 20 km, each located at the degree confluence. Biomass data were spatially associated to each individual sample site so that annual carbon emissions could be estimated. For our study area we estimate that forest cover in the study area had fallen from 763 Mha (s.e. 10 Mha) in 1990 to 715 Mha (s.e. 10 Mha) in 2005. During the same period other wooded land (i.e., non-forest woody vegetation) had fallen from 191 Mha (s.e. 5.5 Mha) to 184 Mha (s.e. 5.5 Mha). This equates to an annual gross loss of 3.74 Mha\u2219y\u22121 of forests (0.50% annually) between 1990 and 2000, rising to 4.40 Mha\u2219y\u22121 in the early 2000s (0.61% annually), with Brazil accounting for 69% of the total losses. The annual carbon emissions from the combined loss of forests and other wooded land were calculated to be 482 MtC\u2219y\u22121 (s.e. 29 MtC\u2219y\u22121) for the 1990s, and 583 MtC\u2219y\u22121 (s.e. 48 MtC\u2219y\u22121) for the 2000 to 2005 period. Our maximum estimate of sinks from forest regrowth in tropical South America is 92 MtC\u2219y\u22121. These estimates of gross emissions correspond well with the national estimates reported by Brazil, however, they are less than half of those reported in a recent study based on the FAO country statistics, highlighting the need for continued research in this area.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs4051369","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2012,5,11]],"date-time":"2012-05-11T11:06:37Z","timestamp":1336734397000},"page":"1369-1391","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":55,"title":["Forest Cover Changes in Tropical South and Central America from 1990 to 2005 and Related Carbon Emissions and Removals"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"4","author":[{"given":"Hugh D.","family":"Eva","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute for Environment and Sustainability, Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission, I-21027 Ispra, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric","family":"Achard","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute for Environment and Sustainability, Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission, I-21027 Ispra, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ren\u00e9","family":"Beuchle","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute for Environment and Sustainability, Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission, I-21027 Ispra, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Evaristo","family":"De Miranda","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecu\u00e1ria, Monitoramento por Sat\u00e9lite (EMBRAPA-CNPM), Campinas, SP CEP 13070-115, Brazil"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Silvia","family":"Carboni","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Engineering Ingegneria Informatica S.P.A., Institute for Environment and Sustainability, Joint Research Centre of the European Commission, I-21027 Ispra, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Roman","family":"Seliger","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Engineering Ingegneria Informatica S.P.A., Institute for Environment and Sustainability, Joint Research Centre of the European Commission, I-21027 Ispra, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Michael","family":"Vollmar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute for Environment and Sustainability, Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission, I-21027 Ispra, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Wilson A.","family":"Holler","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecu\u00e1ria, Monitoramento por Sat\u00e9lite (EMBRAPA-CNPM), Campinas, SP CEP 13070-115, Brazil"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Osvaldo T.","family":"Oshiro","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecu\u00e1ria, Monitoramento por Sat\u00e9lite (EMBRAPA-CNPM), Campinas, SP CEP 13070-115, Brazil"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Victor","family":"Barrena Arroyo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Laboratorio de Teledetecci\u00f3n Aplicada y SIG, Facultad de Ciencias Forestales, Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, Lima 100, Peru"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Javier","family":"Gallego","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute for Environment and Sustainability, Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission, I-21027 Ispra, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2012,5,11]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"818","DOI":"10.1073\/pnas.0703015105","article-title":"Difficulties in tracking the long-term global trend in tropical forest area","volume":"105","author":"Grainger","year":"2008","journal-title":"Proc. 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