Accuracy of rubber-related deforestation maps

Nguyen Tien Hoang^{1

2}, Peter Potapov³, Pontus Olofsson⁴, Keiichiro Kanemoto^{5

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7}

Affiliations

¹ Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan. nguyenhoanggis@gmail.com.
² Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Kyoto, Japan. nguyenhoanggis@gmail.com.
³ Department of Geographical Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.
⁴ NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL, USA.
⁵ Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan. keiichiro.kanemoto@gmail.com.
⁶ Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Kyoto, Japan. keiichiro.kanemoto@gmail.com.
⁷ Research Center for Social Systems, Shinshu University, Nagano, Japan. keiichiro.kanemoto@gmail.com.

Comment

Nguyen Tien Hoang et al. Nature. 2025 Aug.

. 2025 Aug;644(8076):E13-E19.

doi: 10.1038/s41586-025-08847-w. Epub 2025 Aug 13.

Nguyen Tien Hoang^{1

2}, Peter Potapov³, Pontus Olofsson⁴, Keiichiro Kanemoto^{5

6

7}

¹ Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan. nguyenhoanggis@gmail.com.
² Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Kyoto, Japan. nguyenhoanggis@gmail.com.
³ Department of Geographical Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.
⁴ NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL, USA.
⁵ Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan. keiichiro.kanemoto@gmail.com.
⁶ Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Kyoto, Japan. keiichiro.kanemoto@gmail.com.
⁷ Research Center for Social Systems, Shinshu University, Nagano, Japan. keiichiro.kanemoto@gmail.com.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.

High-resolution maps show that rubber causes substantial deforestation.
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