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Forest cover in São Paulo state in (a) 1907 (total coverage ca 145 000 km2; redrawn from Victor 1975) and (b) 1993 (total coverage less than 30 000 km2; redrawn from Instituto Florestal de São Paulo 1993). Prior to European settlement, which commenced in 1500, forest covered the majority of the state (204 500 km2, or greater than 80% of the land area; Victor 1975). The inset in (a) shows the position of São Paulo state in southeast Brazil. The scale bar in each panel is 100 km.
