Integrating Spatially Exhaustive Mapping and Sampling for National and Regional Forest Change Assessments


Peter Potapov1, Alexandra Tyukavina1, Svetlana Turubanova1, Yamile Talero2, Marc Steininger3, Jeffrey Pickering1, Amy Hudson Pickens1, Patrick Kuburhanwa Lola Amani4, Matthew Hansen1, David Saah5, Khun San Aung6, Nguyen Hanh Quyen7, Millan Dhungana8 and Naikoa Aguilar-Amuchastegui9, (1)University of Maryland, Department of Geographical Sciences, College Park, United States, (2)University of Maryland, College Park, MD, United States, (3)University of Maryland, College Park, United States, (4)University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD, United States, (5)University of San Francisco, Environmental Science, San Francisco, CA, United States, (6)SERVIR-Mekong, Bangkok, Thailand, (7)Asian Disaster Preparedness Center, Bangkok, Thailand, (8)Forest Research and Training Centre, Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal, (9)World Wildlife Fund - US, Washington DC, DC, United States