Extensive parkland with a mosaic of forest patches and subalpine meadow communities extends from 1, 500 - 2, 000 meters above sea level.

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Today, small patches of forest clearance account for more than half the total.

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To calculate this, the team took data from patches of forest studied on the ground, in which every tree's diameter has been recorded, and combined them with images from MODIS and with data from an instrument called GLAS, which bounced laser beams off the Earth's surface between 2003 and 2009.

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Drive east and you see the same, an undulent landscape carpeted with buildings completed or under construction, roads thick with traffic, and a few forlorn patches of the original Atlantic Forest or more recently transplanted eucalyptus trees to break up the relentless jumble of concrete.

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Within the forest's canopy, the Maisin clear patches for their crops and hunt wild animals for meat.

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But he has come through bad patches before, notably last season at Forest, where he managed just three goals in 35 matches.

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