Primary humid tropical forests provide numerous global ecosystem services,
but are under continuing threat of clearing from economic drivers. To facilitate
national land use planning and balancing the goals of economic development and
maintenance of ecosystem services, a primary humid tropical forest map was
created by the UMD GLAD team. The primary forest extent was mapped
for the year 2001 at a spatial resolution of 30 meters using globally acquired,
free-of-charge, and consistently processed Landsat imagery.
Bands
Pixel Size 30 meters
Bands
Name
Pixel Size
Description
Primary_HT_forests
meters
Primary Humid Tropical Forests
Primary_HT_forests Class Table
Value
Color
Description
1
#008000
Primary Humid Tropical Forests
Terms of Use
Terms of Use
The data may be used by anyone, anywhere, anytime without permission,
license or royalty payment.
Attribution using the recommended citation is requested.
Citations
Citations:
Turubanova S., Potapov P., Tyukavina, A., and Hansen M. (2018) Ongoing primary forest
loss in Brazil, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Indonesia. Environmental
Research Letters.
https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aacd1c
Primary humid tropical forests provide numerous global ecosystem services, but are under continuing threat of clearing from economic drivers. To facilitate national land use planning and balancing the goals of economic development and maintenance of ecosystem services, a primary humid tropical forest map was created by the UMD GLAD team. …
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