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Understanding the effects of cash crop expansion on natural forest is of fundamental importance. However, for most crops there are no remotely sensed global maps1, and global deforestation impacts are estimated using models and extrapolations. Natural rubber is an example of a principal commodity for which deforestation impacts have been highly uncertain, with estimates differing more than fivefold1–4. Here we harnessed Earth observation satellite data and cloud computing5 to produce high-...

Seven items posted export turnover in excess of 5 billion USD during the January-May period, including phones and components; electronics, computers and components; and garments and textiles, according to the General Statistics Office.