bioRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.02.13.431006; this version posted February 14, 2021. The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not certified by peer review) is the author/funder, who has granted bioRxiv a license to display the preprint in perpetuity. It is made available under aCC-BY-NC 4.0 International license. Forest loss in Indonesian New Guinea: trends, drivers, and outlook David L.A. Gaveau1*, Lucas Santos2,3, Bruno Locatelli4, Mohammad A. Salim1, Husnayaen Husnayaen1, Erik Meijaard5,6, Charlie Heatubun7,8,9, Douglas Sheil10,11 1 TheTreeMap, Bagadou Bas, 46600 Martel, France 2 Department of Earth System Science, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA 3 Instituto de Pesquisas Ambiental da Amazônia, Brasília, DF 71.503-505, Brazil 4 CIRAD Forests and Societies, Univ Montpellier, 34398 Montpellier, France 5 Borneo Futures, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam 6 Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK 7 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW93AE, UK. 8 Fakultas Kehutanan, Universitas Papua, Jl. Gunung Salju, Amban, Manokwari, 98314, Indonesia. 9 Badan Penelitian dan Pengembangan Daerah Provinsi Papua Barat, Jl. Brig. Jend. Mar. (Purn.) Abraham O. Atururi, Arfai, Manokwari, Papua Barat, 98315, Indonesia 10 Department of Ecology and Natural Resource Management (INA), Norwegian University of Life Science (NMBU), Box 5003, 1432 Ås, Norway. 11 Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University & Research, PO Box 47, 6700 AA, Wageningen, The Netherlands. Keywords: Deforestation, Indonesian New Guinea, Oil Palm, Plantations, Trans-Papua Highway, Satellite. Corresponding author: David Gaveau Email:
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