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Comment
. 2014 May 30;344(6187):981.
doi: 10.1126/science.1248753.

Comment on "High-resolution global maps of 21st-century forest cover change"

Robert Tropek  1 , Ondřej Sedláček  2 , Jan Beck  3 , Petr Keil  4 , Zuzana Musilová  5 , Irena Símová  6 , David Storch  6
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Comment on "High-resolution global maps of 21st-century forest cover change"

Robert Tropek et al. Science. .

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Hansen et al. (Reports, 15 November 2013, p. 850) published a high-resolution global forest map with detailed information on local forest loss and gain. We show that their product does not distinguish tropical forests from plantations and even herbaceous crops, which leads to a substantial underestimate of forest loss and compromises its value for local policy decisions.

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    Hansen MC, Potapov PV, Moore R, Hancher M, Turubanova SA, Tyukavina A, Thau D, Stehman SV, Goetz SJ, Loveland TR, Kommareddy A, Egorov A, Chini L, Justice CO, Townshend JR. Hansen MC, et al. Science. 2013 Nov 15;342(6160):850-3. doi: 10.1126/science.1244693. Science. 2013. PMID: 24233722

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