Annual Forest Loss at 15m resolution in the Corridor Ankeniheny-Zahamena (CAZ), Madagascar, 2006-2014
The dataset delineates annual forest loss in the CAZ digitized from annual 15 metre resolution LANDSAT imagery. This dataset creates a baseline for possible long-term, near real-time monitoring of encroachment and illegal logging within the Ankeniheny-Zahamena Corridor (CAZ), Madagascar. This analysis includes a summary of suspected encroachment and illegal logging from June 2006 to December 2010 within the "protected area," which consists of zones such as priority for conservation, sustainable use, and controlled settlements. Full details about this dataset can be found at
https://doi.org/10.5285/c63c543f-3e95-4c1c-8c69-12f942271813
INSPIRE
Identification
- File identifier
- c63c543f-3e95-4c1c-8c69-12f942271813 XML
- Resource type
- dataset
Online resource
Resource identifier
- Metadata Language
- English (en)
- Spatial representation type
- vector
Encoding
- Format
- Shapefile
- Format
- KML (Google Earth)
- Format
- Geography Markup Language (gml)
- Format
- MapInfo .TAB
Projection
- code
- WGS 84
Classification of data and services
- Topic category
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- Environment
Classification of data and services
Coupled resource
Coupled resource
Classification of data and services
Coupled resource
Coupled resource
Geographic coverage
N
S
E
W
Temporal reference
Temporal extent
Temporal extent
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2017-03-14
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2017-02-01
Quality and validity
- Lineage
- Landsat 7 SLC-off imagery at a resolution of 15 m was compared to Landsat 2005 imagery and the Change in Natural Forest Cover from 1990 to 2005 developed by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Conservation International and the Madagascar Ministry of Environment, Water, Forests and Tourism. The imagery was acquired from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Global Visualization Viewer (Glovis), available at http://glovis.usgs.gov/. ENVI 4.7 was used for processing and gap filling of the imagery. Visual interpretation based on shape, color, proximity to features and texture was used to digitize suspected forest encroachment using ArcGIS 9.3.1. The data have not been validated; therefore some of the clearings are likely due to natural disturbances such as landslides, flooding, natural fires or tree falls.
- Distance
- 15 urn:ogc:def:uom:EPSG::9001
Conformity
Conformity
Conformity
Conformity
Conformity
Conformity
Restrictions on access and use
- Access constraints
- no limitations
- Access constraints
- If you reuse this data, you should cite: Cano, C.A. (2017). Annual Forest Loss at 15m resolution in the Corridor Ankeniheny-Zahamena (CAZ), Madagascar, 2006-2014. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/c63c543f-3e95-4c1c-8c69-12f942271813
Responsible organization (s)
Contact for the resource
- Organisation name
- Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science, Conservation International
- enquiries@ceh.ac.uk
- Organisation name
- Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science, Conservation International
- enquiries@ceh.ac.uk
- Organisation name
- NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
- enquiries@ceh.ac.uk
- Organisation name
- NERC Environmental Information Data Centre
- enquiries@ceh.ac.uk
Responsible organization (s)
Contact for the resource
- Organisation name
- Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science, Conservation International
- enquiries@ceh.ac.uk
- Organisation name
- Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science, Conservation International
- enquiries@ceh.ac.uk
- Organisation name
- NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
- enquiries@ceh.ac.uk
- Organisation name
- NERC Environmental Information Data Centre
- enquiries@ceh.ac.uk
Metadata information
Contact for the metadata
- Organisation name
- NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
- info@eidc.ac.uk
- Metadata Date
- 2024-02-29T16:41:25
- Metadata Language
- English (en)
- Character set
- utf8