Figures
Fig. 1 Selected examples of Hansen et al.’s (1) failures in classifying of tree plantations (A to E) and herbal crops (F to H) as forest. All the maps are screenshots from Hansen et al.’s supplementary online map application (http://earthenginepartners.appspot.com/science-2013-global-forest) taken in November 2013 and modified to highlight details by adding the yellow squares. The colors in the right halves of each panel indicate stable forest (green), forest loss (red), forest gain (blue), and forest loss and gain (magenta). See Table 1 for more details, including coordinates, and for several additional examples.
Tables
- Table 1 Examples of serious misclassifications by Hansen et al. (1).
Geographic coordinates allow easy checking of current vegetation in the supplementary online map application (http://earthenginepartners.appspot.com/science-2013-global-forest). Hundreds of additional examples of similar errors can easily be found in the application map by simply following plantation maintenance roads. Often, even details such as individual oil palms or soybean rows are clearly visible.
Case no. Figure Country Region Latitude Longitude Hansen et al. Actual
vegetation1 1A Philippines Davao, Mindanao 7°26'1.29''N 125°38'6.26''E Stable forest Banana 2 1B Ecuador Quevedo, Los Rios 1°0'46.76''S 79°29'59.33''W Forest with large regrowth Oil palm 3 1C Costa Rica Damas, Puntarenas 9°31'59.50''N 84°14'16.20''W Forest with large regrowth Oil palm 4 1D Malaysia Sepang, Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2°43'55.97''N 101°40'49.64''E Forest with large regrowth Oil palm 5 1E Cameroon Mundemba, Southwest 4°57'1.16''N 8°52'18.66''E Forest with large clearings and regrowth Oil palm 6 Cameroon Bafut-Ngemba, Forest Reserve Northwest Province 5°54'11.90''N 10°11'43.61''E Stable forest Eucalyptus 7 Cameroon Penda Mboko, Southwest Province 4°16'14.68''N 9°26'12.66''E Stable forest Rubber 8 Malaysia (Borneo) Left bank of Kinabatangan River, Sabah 5°32'40''N 118°16’6''E Forest with clearings and regrowth Oil palm 9 Philippines South of Tagum, Davao del Norte 7°21'28.04''N 125°47'52.59''E Stable forest Coconut 10 Papua New Guinea Gusap, Morobe 6°4'53.08''S 146°0'12.95''E Large forest regrowth Oil palm 11 Indonesia Bogor, West Java 6°30'47.64''S 106°43'35.64''E Large forest regrowth Oil palm 12 Indonesia North Konawe, Southeast Sulawesi 3°12'40.73''S 122°7'30.66''E Large forest regrowth Oil palm 13 Venezuela Ciudad Guayana, Bolívar State 8°35'33.84''N 62°35'54.19''W Forest with large clearings and regrowth Pine tree 14 Peru Santa Lucía,
San Martín8°19'40.71''S 76°29'50.67''W Forest with large regrowth Oil palm 15 Benin Saketé, Plateau Department 6°48'36.02''N 2°30'10.52''E Forest with clearings and regrowth Oil palm 16 Côte d’Ivoire Ebobo,
Sud-Comoé5°15'43.42''N 3°1'46.12''W Forest with clearings and regrowth Oil palm 17 Nigeria Benin City,
Edo State6°9'39.23''N 5°41'0.33''E Forest with large regrowth Oil palm 18 Liberia Kakata, Margibi 6°32'6.47''N 10°22'57.34''W Forest with clearings and regrowth Rubber tree 19 Guinea - Conacry Samaya/Kemaya, Dubréka 10°2'28.65''N 13°48'44.74''W Large forest regrowth Oil palm 20 Cameroon Northern border of Campo Ma’an National Park,
South Province2°40'47.17''N 10°13'8.11''E Large forest regrowth Newly established rubber trees instead of freshly cut forest 21 1F Madagascar Ambatoharanana, Sava 14°32'30.80''S 49°35'44.26''E Large forest regrowths Various field crops 22 1G Brazil Tailândia, Pará 2°39'50.20''S 48°53'17.43''W Forest with large regrowth Soybeans 23 1H Philippines Tupi, South Cotabato 6°18'31.14''N 124°58'17.75''E Stable forest Pineapple 24 Cameroon Ndawara Belo Ranch, Northwest Province 6°4'41.37''N 10°22'46.00''E Forest with large regrowth Tea
