Tree Cover Loss (FORMA) Alerts - Humid Tropics

Published by: Open Development Laos

This data set is from Global Forest Watch and indicating satellite data of tree loss cover alerts (humid tropics) for the Lao PDR. These are known as Forest Monitoring for Action (FORMA) alerts. There are files of a number of different formats with data from 2006 to 2015.

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Field	Value
Dataset topic category	Deforestation drivers Forest cover reporting Forest policy and administration
Language	English
Use limitations	We understand the value of open data. Every day, we rely on data and research created by others to conduct our work. We also believe that open data inspires participation and innovation, and increases our reach in providing governments, businesses, and people the necessary tools to make informed decisions. Finally, we believe that our work stands up under scrutiny, and allowing others to see the data behind our analyses ensures that it does. WRI has a long history of publicly sharing data, from our earliest hard copy data tables in the original World Resources Report to the continued work of The Access Initiative promoting the right to information. We are now challenging ourselves to expand the scope and comprehensiveness of our data sharing.
Dataset reference date	January 1, 2013
Temporal extent's start date	January 1, 2006
Temporal extent's end date	February 8, 2018
GeoNames	Lao People's Democratic Republic
West bounding coordinates	100.093925476074
East bounding coordinates	107.628105163574
South bounding coordinates	14.6979160308838
North bounding coordinates	22.4562511444092
Spatial Reference System	WGS 84 (EPSG:4326) (CRS:84)
Positional Accuracy	500 meter resolutions. There is a considered effort to keep false positive alerts (those that mistakenly highlight forest loss) to a minimum, so some potential clearing activity does not appear on the map.
Logical Consistency	No known issues with logical consistency
Process Step	The data set is unchanged from the page it was sourced from (http://www.globalforestwatch.org/country/LAO)
Lineage	Hammer, Dan, Robin Kraft, and David Wheeler. 2013. “FORMA Alerts.” World Resources Institute and Center for Global Development. Accessed through Global Forest Watch on [date]. www.globalforestwatch.org.
Responsible party	http://www.globalforestwatch.org/about?show_contact=true
License	CC-BY-NC-4.0
Copyright	Yes
Version	2013
Keywords	FORMA,tree cover,clearing alerts
Date uploaded	February 8, 2018, 17:32 (UTC)
Date modified	June 11, 2021, 21:26 (UTC)