Hybrid Global Forest Map (IMAGE)

International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis

Hybrid Global Forest Map

Caption

The new hybrid forest map combines 8 different data sources with crowdsourced data. It is more accurate than existing maps both for forest location and estimation of percentage forest cover.

Credit

IIASA Geo-Wiki Program

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