Identification of “hot spot areas” of forest cover changes in boreal Eurasia
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a Joint Research Centre of the European Commission, 21020 Ispra (VA), Italy – [email protected] b World Resources Institute, Washington, USA c Greenpeace Russia, Moscow, Russia d Biodiversity Conservation Center & Socio Ecological Union, Moscow, Russia e Central Siberia Botanical Garden, Novosibirsk, Russia f World Wildlife Fund, Vladivostok, Russia g Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing, China
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