Using Earth Observation Data to Improve REDD+ Policy in Mesoamerica and the Dominican Republic

RFF
Principal Investigator:
Peter Potapov

CO Investigators:
Matthew Hansen

Sponsor:
NASA (Resources for the Future)

Time period:
2013
to
2016

Researchers:
Yamile Talero Ramirez

Project Description:

In this project UMD is be responsible for generating Landsat-scale (30 x30 meters) forest cover extent and disturbance mapping for a study region consisting of the following eight meso-American and Caribbean countries: Belize, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama. UMD will generate two maps: annual maps for 2010 – 2015 and 1990 – 2000.