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Measuring Forest DegradationUnasylva No. 238
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Measuring Forest DegradationUnasylva No. 238
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Editor: R. Obstler
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P. Csoka, L. Flejzor, T. Hofer, F. Kafeero, W. Kollert, R. Obstler, E. Rametsteiner, S. Rose, J. Tissari, P. van Lierop, P. Vantomme, M.L. Wilkie
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J. Ball, I.J. Bourke, C. Palmberg-Lerche, L. Russo
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Cover photo:Landsat images demonstrating forest fragmentation: front: 1990; back, top to bottom: 1990, 2000, 2005
Courtesy of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the United States Geological Survey
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