Inconsistent estimates of forest cover change in China between 2000 and 2013 from multiple datasets: differences in parameters, spatial resolution, and definitions

Abstract The Chinese National Forest Inventory (NFI) has reported increased forest coverage in China since 2000, however, the new satellite-based dataset Global Forest Change (GFC) finds decreased forest coverage. In this study, four satellite datasets are used to investigate this discrepancy in for...

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Main Authors: Yan Li, Damien Sulla-Menashe, Safa Motesharrei, Xiao-Peng Song, Eugenia Kalnay, Qing Ying, Shuangcheng Li, Zongwen Ma
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/5b17d37f4a8d488e92133a7d160e0343
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