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Deforestation and degradation in Papua New Guinea: a response to Filer and colleagues, 2009

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  1. UPNG Remote Sensing Centre, Biology Department, University of Papua New Guinea, P.O. Box 320, Waigani, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

    Philip L. Shearman, Jane Bryan & Barbara Lokes

  2. School of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 78, 7001, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

    Philip L. Shearman & Jane Bryan

  3. School of Botany and Zoology, The Australian National University, Linnaeus Way, ANU, 0200, Canberra, Australia

    Julian Ash

  4. Fenner School of Environment and Society, The Australian National University, Linnaeus Way, ANU, Canberra, Australia

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Shearman, P.L., Bryan, J., Ash, J. et al. Deforestation and degradation in Papua New Guinea: a response to Filer and colleagues, 2009. Ann. For. Sci. 67, 300 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1051/forest/2010001

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