Humid Tropical Forest Monitoring from 2000 to 2005 Landsat Supplementary Data Landsat ETM+ (28.5 m spatial resolution) data were sampled and classified to derive area estimates of forest cover and change within the biome. Stratified sampling was implemented to enhance precision by allocating greater sampling effort to areas likely to exhibit change. The strata were determined based on the MODIS-derived forest cover loss hotspot map. The biome was partitioned into a sampling frame consisting of square blocks 18.5 km per side. The 500m forest cover loss hotspot map for 2000-2005 was aggregated per block, yielding percent change for each of the blocks within the biome. The stratum boundaries were chosen guided by the cumulative square root frequency rule and the sample size allocated to each change stratum was initially determined by optimal allocation (Cochran, 1977). The six blocks with the highest MODIS-derived forest loss were placed in a certainty stratum. Stratified sampling design. Stratum MODIS forest loss hotspot fraction Number of blocks sampled 1 0-2% 87 2 2-9% 40 3 >9% 50 4 certainty 5 Each Landsat sample block was classified using a supervised decision tree classifier to yield 2000 forest cover and 2000 to 2005 forest clearing areas. Forest was defined as greater than 25% canopy cover and change was measured without regard to forest land use. Sample block imagery and classification results can be viewed from this page. Africa Cameroon, Centre 4.25° N 11.95° E Stratum 1 Cameroon, Nord-Ouest 6.08° N 10.31° E Stratum 1 Cameroon, Sud-Ouest 4.75° N 9.11° E Stratum 1 Central African Republic, Sangha 3.42° N 15.61° E Stratum 1 Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equateur 0.42° S 18.42° E Stratum 1 Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equateur 0.92° N 19.09° E Stratum 1 Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equateur 0.08° N 19.25° E Stratum 1 Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equateur 2.92° N 20.28° E Stratum 1 Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kasai-Occidental 2.92° S 21.44° E Stratum 1 Ghana, Ashanti 6.25° N 1.43° W Stratum 1 Kenya, Rift Valley 0.92° S 35.09° E Stratum 1 Madagascar, Toamasina 18.92° S 48.89° E Stratum 1 Asia Burma, Sagaing 25.42° N 95.86° E Stratum 1 Cambodia, Batdambang 13.25° N 102.48° E Stratum 4 China, Guizhou 26.25° N 105.83° E Stratum 1 China, Guizhou 26.42° N 106.54° E Stratum 1 China, Hunan 27.92° N 111.94° E Stratum 1 China, Jiangxi 26.75° N 113.94° E Stratum 1 China, Jiangxi 28.08° N 114.38° E Stratum 1 China, Yunnan 24.58° N 99.61° E Stratum 1 China, Yunnan 23.42° N 99.26° E Stratum 1 India, Bihar 25.08° N 85.85° E Stratum 1 India, Madhya Pradesh 21.75° N 78.86° E Stratum 1 India, Orissa 20.92° N 84.84° E Stratum 1 India, Orissa 22.08° N 84.98° E Stratum 1 Indonesia, Aceh 4.58° N 96.73° E Stratum 1 Indonesia, Bengkulu 3.42° S 102.93° E Stratum 1 Indonesia, Bengkulu 3.08° S 101.90° E Stratum 2 Indonesia, Irian Jaya 7.25° S 140.04° E Stratum 1 Indonesia, Irian Jaya 4.75° S 137.39° E Stratum 1 Indonesia, Irian Jaya 2.58° S 139.23° E Stratum 1 Indonesia, Irian Jaya 5.25° S 140.00° E Stratum 1 Indonesia, Irian Jaya 3.75° S 137.21° E Stratum 1 Indonesia, Irian Jaya 1.58° S 132.47° E Stratum 1 Indonesia, Jambi 1.08° S 103.44° E Stratum 2 Indonesia, Jawa Tengah 7.25° S 108.79° E Stratum 1 Indonesia, Jawa Timur 7.42° S 111.52° E Stratum 1 Indonesia, Kalimantan Barat 1.75° S 110.30° E Stratum 1 Indonesia, Kalimantan Barat 0.92° S 111.76° E Stratum 1 Indonesia, Kalimantan Barat 2.08° S 110.82° E Stratum 1 Indonesia, Kalimantan Barat 1.08° N 112.27° E Stratum 1 Indonesia, Kalimantan Barat 0.42° S 111.75° E Stratum 1 Indonesia, Kalimantan Barat 0.25° S 113.08° E Stratum 1 Indonesia, Kalimantan Barat 0.92° N 111.43° E Stratum 1 Indonesia, Kalimantan Barat 2.25° S 111.00° E Stratum 1 Indonesia, Kalimantan Barat 2.42° S 111.02° E Stratum 1 Indonesia, Kalimantan Barat 1.92° S 110.65° E Stratum 1 Indonesia, Kalimantan Selatan 3.25° S 114.94° E Stratum 1 Indonesia, Kalimantan Tengah 0.25° S 114.92° E Stratum 1 Indonesia, Kalimantan Tengah 2.08° S 112.66° E Stratum 3 Indonesia, Kalimantan Tengah 2.08° S 111.32° E Stratum 1 Indonesia, Kalimantan Tengah 2.08° S 112.16° E Stratum 1 Indonesia, Kalimantan Tengah 2.75° S 113.55° E Stratum 1 Indonesia, Kalimantan Tengah 2.25° S 113.50° E Stratum 1 Indonesia, Kalimantan Tengah 1.42° S 113.12° E Stratum 1 Indonesia, Kalimantan Tengah 2.42° S 114.02° E Stratum 1 Indonesia, Kalimantan Tengah 1.75° S 114.30° E Stratum 2 Indonesia, Kalimantan Tengah 2.75° S 114.05° E Stratum 2 Indonesia, Kalimantan Tengah 1.08° S 115.10° E Stratum 2 Indonesia, Kalimantan Tengah 2.08° S 112.82° E Stratum 3 Indonesia, Kalimantan Tengah 2.58° S 112.53° E Stratum 3 Indonesia, Kalimantan Tengah 2.75° S 113.38° E Stratum 3 Indonesia, Kalimantan Tengah 2.75° S 112.55° E Stratum 3 Indonesia, Kalimantan Timur 4.08° N 117.21° E Stratum 3 Indonesia, Kalimantan Timur 4.25° N 117.24° E Stratum 3 Indonesia, Lampung 5.75° S 105.61° E Stratum 1 Indonesia, Maluku 3.42° S 128.48° E Stratum 1 Indonesia, Maluku 0.58° N 127.92° E Stratum 2 Indonesia, Riau 0.92° S 102.43° E Stratum 1 Indonesia, Riau 0.42° N 102.25° E Stratum 4 Indonesia, Riau 0.08° S 103.42° E Stratum 1 Indonesia, Riau 1.58° N 100.62° E Stratum 2 Indonesia, Riau 1.58° N 102.12° E Stratum 2 Indonesia, Riau 2.25° N 100.33° E Stratum 2 Indonesia, Riau 0.08° N 102.42° E Stratum 2 Indonesia, Riau 0.08° N 101.08° E Stratum 2 Indonesia, Riau 0.25° S 101.42° E Stratum 2 Indonesia, Riau 0.42° S 101.92° E Stratum 2 Indonesia, Riau 0.42° S 101.75° E Stratum 2 Indonesia, Riau 0.58° N 102.09° E Stratum 3 Indonesia, Riau 2.08° N 100.48° E Stratum 3 Indonesia, Riau 0.92° N 100.93° E Stratum 3 Indonesia, Riau 0.08° S 101.25° E Stratum 3 Indonesia, Riau 0.92° N 101.76° E Stratum 3 Indonesia, Riau 0.92° N 100.76° E Stratum 3 Indonesia, Riau 0.75° N 101.76° E Stratum 3 Indonesia, Riau 0.25° N 101.75° E Stratum 3 Indonesia, Riau 0.58° N 101.92° E Stratum 3 Indonesia, Sulawesi Selatan 2.75° S 119.22° E Stratum 1 Indonesia, Sulawesi Selatan 3.75° S 120.17° E Stratum 1 Indonesia, Sulawesi Utara 1.42° N 124.79° E Stratum 1 Indonesia, Sumatera Barat 0.92° S 101.26° E Stratum 2 Indonesia, Sumatera Barat 0.92° S 101.43° E Stratum 2 Indonesia, Sumatera Barat 0.42° N 100.59° E Stratum 3 Indonesia, Sumatera Selatan 3.92° S 104.83° E Stratum 1 Indonesia, Sumatera Selatan 4.75° S 104.11° E Stratum 1 Indonesia, Sumatera Selatan 3.92° S 104.16° E Stratum 3 Indonesia, Sumatera Utara 3.75° N 97.96° E Stratum 1 Indonesia, Sumatera Utara 3.08° N 98.56° E Stratum 1 Indonesia, Sumatera Utara 3.08° N 98.39° E Stratum 1 Indonesia, Sumatera Utara 1.08° N 99.77° E Stratum 1 Indonesia, Sumatera Utara 3.08° N 99.23° E Stratum 2 Malaysia, Johor 1.92° N 103.64° E Stratum 3 Malaysia, Johor 2.25° N 103.50° E Stratum 3 Malaysia, Kelantan 5.92° N 101.96° E Stratum 3 Malaysia, Negeri Sembilan 2.75° N 102.53° E Stratum 3 Malaysia, Pahang 3.75° N 103.30° E Stratum 2 Malaysia, Pahang 3.58° N 103.29° E Stratum 2 Malaysia, Pahang 3.42° N 102.93° E Stratum 3 Malaysia, Pahang 2.92° N 102.88° E Stratum 4 Malaysia, Sabah 5.58° N 118.14° E Stratum 2 Malaysia, Sabah 4.25° N 117.41° E Stratum 3 Malaysia, Sarawak 3.58° N 114.14° E Stratum 2 Malaysia, Sarawak 4.25° N 114.06° E Stratum 3 Malaysia, Sarawak 3.08° N 113.58° E Stratum 3 Malaysia, Sarawak 2.75° N 113.21° E Stratum 4 Malaysia, Selangor 3.75° N 101.13° E Stratum 2 Papua New Guinea, Gulf 6.92° S 143.63° E Stratum 1 Papua New Guinea, Northern Solomons 6.58° S 155.44° E Stratum 1 Sri Lanka, Sabaragamuwa 6.92° N 80.33° E Stratum 1 North America Haiti, Artibonite 19.42° N 72.72° W Stratum 1 South America Bolivia, Pando 11.42° S 68.78° W Stratum 1 Brazil, Acre 8.92° S 69.09° W Stratum 1 Brazil, Amazonas 9.75° S 66.71° W Stratum 1 Brazil, Maranhao 5.42° S 44.78° W Stratum 1 Brazil, Maranhao 3.25° S 42.32° W Stratum 1 Brazil, Maranhao 4.25° S 47.21° W Stratum 2 Brazil, Mato Grosso 10.58° S 53.15° W Stratum 1 Brazil, Mato Grosso 10.75° S 51.83° W Stratum 2 Brazil, Mato Grosso 11.42° S 56.54° W Stratum 2 Brazil, Mato Grosso 9.25° S 57.5° W Stratum 2 Brazil, Mato Grosso 12.58° S 54.9° W Stratum 2 Brazil, Mato Grosso 12.25° S 54.83° W Stratum 2 Brazil, Mato Grosso 12.75° S 54.25° W Stratum 3 Brazil, Mato Grosso 11.75° S 55.75° W Stratum 3 Brazil, Mato Grosso 12.92° S 55.15° W Stratum 3 Brazil, Mato Grosso 11.25° S 56.5° W Stratum 3 Brazil, Mato Grosso 11.58° S 56.4° W Stratum 3 Brazil, Mato Grosso 12.25° S 57.73° W Stratum 3 Brazil, Mato Grosso 12.58° S 52.34° W Stratum 3 Brazil, Mato Grosso 10.25° S 54.28° W Stratum 3 Brazil, Mato Grosso 12.08° S 56.5° W Stratum 3 Brazil, Mato Grosso 12.58° S 52.17° W Stratum 3 Brazil, Mato Grosso 10.08° S 57.13° W Stratum 3 Brazil, Mato Grosso 12.25° S 57.22° W Stratum 3 Brazil, Mato Grosso 11.42° S 57.9° W Stratum 3 Brazil, Mato Grosso 12.58° S 52.51° W Stratum 3 Brazil, Mato Grosso 9.25° S 56.99° W Stratum 3 Brazil, Mato Grosso 12.58° S 54.56° W Stratum 3 Brazil, Mato Grosso 10.75° S 56.24° W Stratum 3 Brazil, Mato Grosso 13.08° S 55.01° W Stratum 3 Brazil, Mato Grosso 12.92° S 57.2° W Stratum 3 Brazil, Mato Grosso 11.58° S 55.04° W Stratum 3 Brazil, Mato Grosso 12.42° S 55.21° W Stratum 4 Brazil, Mato Grosso 11.42° S 55.86° W Stratum 4 Brazil, Minas Gerais 19.08° S 42.41° W Stratum 1 Brazil, Para 2.92° S 50.98° W Stratum 1 Brazil, Para 3.58° S 49.35° W Stratum 2 Brazil, Para 9.58° S 51.47° W Stratum 2 Brazil, Para 9.75° S 52° W Stratum 2 Brazil, Para 6.42° S 52.24° W Stratum 2 Brazil, Para 4.42° S 47.89° W Stratum 2 Brazil, Para 9.25° S 51.42° W Stratum 2 Brazil, Para 3.58° S 49.01° W Stratum 3 Brazil, Para 9.42° S 51.78° W Stratum 3 Brazil, Rio De Janeiro 22.58° S 43.05° W Stratum 1 Brazil, Rondonia 10.08° S 64.41° W Stratum 1 Brazil, Rondonia 9.58° S 63.13° W Stratum 2 Brazil, Rondonia 12.25° S 64.04° W Stratum 2 Brazil, Rondonia 12.42° S 63.74° W Stratum 2 Brazil, Rondonia 10.25° S 63.09° W Stratum 2 Brazil, Rondonia 11.92° S 60.73° W Stratum 2 Brazil, Rondonia 12.08° S 64° W Stratum 3 Brazil, Rondonia 12.75° S 61.94° W Stratum 3 Brazil, Tocantins 6.75° S 48.75° W Stratum 2 Colombia, Amazonas 3.58° S 70.39° W Stratum 1 Colombia, Amazonas 1.25° S 71.93° W Stratum 1 Colombia, Santander 6.92° N 73.96° W Stratum 1 Guyana, Cuyuni-Mazaruni 5.58° N 60.7° W Stratum 1 Peru, Loreto 4.75° S 75.01° W Stratum 1 Peru, Loreto 2.75° S 76.84° W Stratum 1 Peru, Ucayali 10.25° S 73.76° W Stratum 1 Venezuela, Bolivar 6.58° N 61.32° W Stratum 1