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Amazon Rainforest Losing Vital Vegetation at Alarming Rates, Threatening Ecosystem Collapse

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Unaccounted natural vegetation loss in Brazilian Amazon
Cassiano Gustavo Messias, Cláudio Almeida, Daniel Silva, Luciana Soler, L. E. P. Maurano, Vagner Luis Camilotti, Fábio Aguiar-Alves, Libério J. da Silva, Thiago Lima, Vivian Renó, Deborah Correia-Lima, Amanda P. Belluzzo, Camila B. Quadros, Delmina C. M. Barradas, Douglas Rafael Vidal de Moraes, Eduardo Marcelino Bastos, Igor Cunha, Jefferson J. de Souza, Lucélia Souza de Barros, Luiz Henrique Almeida Gusmão, Rodrigo de Almeida, Dayane Michelly Oliveira de Moraes, Diego Silva, Eduardo Chrispim, Manoel Ribeiro Rodrigues Neto, Marlon Henrique H. Matos, Noeli Moreira, Raíssa Caroline Dos Santos Teixeira, Gabriel Alves, Ana Carolina Andrade, Letícia Palazzi Perez, Mariane Souza Reis, Bruna Maria Pechini Bento, Hugo C. de Castro Filho, Igor Andrade Santos, Liliane Araújo, Maíra Ramalho Matias, Murilo Silva, Fábio Pinheiro, André Carvalho, Harón Abrahim Magalháes Xaud, Maristela Ramalho Xaud, Ana Paula Rodrigues Matos, Luis Baumann, Elaine Silva, Laerte Guimarães Ferreira, João Correia Pinto, Marcos Adami

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