The Rights and Wrongs of Brazil's Forest Monitoring Systems

• Published in: Conservation letters Vol. 10; no. 4; pp. 495 - 496
• Main Authors: Rajão, Raoni, Moutinho, Paulo, Soares, Laura
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.07.2017; Wiley
• Subjects: Carbon accounting; Communication; Deforestation; Ecosystems; Forest degradation; Forests; Greenhouse gases; Land degradation; Logging; LULUCF, PRODES; Monitoring systems; Presidential elections; satellite‐based monitoring; Brazil; Cerrado Biome

Richard's et al. ignore the existence of other monitoring systems developed by the Brazilian government over the last decade. [...]while PRODES still have a central role, the government has also at its disposal DETER to detect in near real‐time large plots of forest degradation, DETEX for selec...