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Figure 2 Historical RLs: annual deforestation area (a) and annual deforestation area averaged for five years (b).

The first and simplest RL is a historical RL; based on the annual deforestation area in the past period [20].

The precision of the estimator of deforestation area for each design is calculated from a population of wall-to-wall PRODES deforestation data available for the study area.

Deforestation area based on the Deforestation Map (1497 ha) was greater than estimates derived from using photo-interpretation (730 ha), official records (908 ha) and CORINE (139 ha) alone.

For purposes of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) accounting, estimation of deforestation area in tropical countries often relies on satellite remote sensing in the absence of National Forest Inventories (NFI).

This estimate compares to the deforestation area reported by the state of Nuevo Leon (1800 km2) for the period of 1980 1986 [18] and the sum all 6-year periods since 1950 and for the other two states (Tamaulipas and Coahuila).

Asner et al. [3] estimated logged areas ranged from 60 to 123% of previously reported deforestation areas.

The deforestation areas seen with InSAR correspond fairly well with the forest loss areas seen with Landsat.

Other than the finding that different RLs yielded different estimations on future deforestation areas, the analysis also identified the characteristics of each RL.

In addition, the height changes can be recalculated to estimates of carbon stock changes on a continuous scale, as opposed to assigning fixed emission factors to deforestation areas.

If the emerging transparency efforts shine a light on companies that are sourcing material from high-deforestation areas, she says, they should encourage those companies to actively improve conditions rather than pull up and move elsewhere.