Use Hansen high-res forest cover maps wisely, experts say

At a glance:

New paper by Hansen et al., can visualize changes in forest cover at 30m resolution

Can help country experts or researchers to better assess forest cover and annual forest cover changes

Could potentially be useful for REDD+, but needs careful analysis to ensure human-induced forest change is accurately attributed

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Field	Value
Document type	Advocacy and promotional materials
Language of document	English
Topics	Deforestation drivers Forest classifications Forest cover Forest cover reporting Terms and definitions
Geographic area (spatial range)	Brunei Darussalam Cambodia China Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Timor-Leste Hong Kong India Indonesia Japan Korea (Democratic People's Republic of) Korea, Republic of Lao People's Democratic Republic Malaysia Mongolia Myanmar Philippines Singapore Sri Lanka Thailand Viet Nam
Copyright	Yes
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Version / Edition	2013
License	CC-BY-SA-4.0
Contact	forestsnews@cgiar.org.
Author (corporate)	Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
Publication date	2013
Pagination	1
Keywords	high-res,high-res maps,forest visualisations,REDD+,satellite data
Date uploaded	June 28, 2018, 19:06 (UTC)
Date modified	July 2, 2018, 03:40 (UTC)