title: Environment: Deforestation soars in the Amazon.
authors.affiliation: National Institute for Research in Amazonia (INPA), Manaus, Brazil.
authors.forename: Philip M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Fearnside
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D065928:Forests