An area of deforestation that exceeds 1,000 ha, cleared in a single monitoring period (or, between two points of remotely sensed historical data), that has a single post-deforestation land use (e.g., commercial agriculture or timber plantation), not including areas covered by the footprint of large infrastructure (such as a dam) or those affected by natural disturbances (i.e., due to geologic or weather-related events)
LARGE-SCALE COMMERCIAL DEFORESTATION
