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Tree Cover Loss (FORMA) Alerts - Humid Tropics

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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Additional Info

Field Value
Dataset topic category
  • Deforestation drivers
  • Forest cover reporting
  • Forest policy and administration
Language
  • English
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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)