image: An average of 1.8 million hectares of forest are lost annually in the Brazilian Amazon, corresponding to nearly one third of global tropical deforestation, and releasing approximately 250 million tons of carbon. This image accompanied the research, "Boom-and-Bust Development Patterns Across the Amazon Deforestation Frontier," by A.S.L. Rodrigues et al. appearing in the June 12, 2009 issue of Science. view more
Credit: Image © Alexander Lees