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National-scale estimation of gross forest aboveground carbon loss: a case study of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Tyukavina A., Stehman S.V., Potapov P.V., Turubanova S.A., Baccini A., Goetz S.J., Laporte N.T., Houghton R.A., Hansen M.C. (2013) National-scale estimation of gross forest aboveground carbon loss: a case study of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Environmental Research Letters, 4, 1-14.

Pan Tropical forest strata

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The purpose for stratifying forest cover was to delineate regions (strata) associated with different carbon stock reference values in order to estimate aboveground carbon loss from tropical forest disturbance using sample-based forest loss area estimate based on forest cover loss map by Hansen et al. (2013).

Hinterland forests 2013

Indirect mapping of forest degradation is based on the elimination of intact areas, rather than direct mapping of degraded forests (GOFC-GOLD 2013). One such approach, applied globally using Landsat data, is the Intact Forest Landscape (IFL) product (Potapov et al 2008). Hinterland forest product presented here is an intermediate layer which complements the IFL concept through the implementation of a defined disturbance interval, in this case the twelve year forest loss record of Hansen et al. (2013).