评论“21 世纪森林覆盖变化的高分辨率全球地图”。

Comment on "High-resolution global maps of 21st-century forest cover change".

机构信息

Department of Environmental Science (Biogeography), University of Basel, St. Johanns-Vorstadt 10, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland. Institute of Entomology, Biology Centre, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Branisovska 31, CZ-370 05 Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic.

Department of Ecology, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Vinicna 7, CZ-128 44 Praha 2, Czech Republic.

出版信息

Science. 2014 May 30;344(6187):981. doi: 10.1126/science.1248753.

DOI:10.1126/science.1248753

PMID:24876487

Abstract

Hansen et al. (Reports, 15 November 2013, p. 850) published a high-resolution global forest map with detailed information on local forest loss and gain. We show that their product does not distinguish tropical forests from plantations and even herbaceous crops, which leads to a substantial underestimate of forest loss and compromises its value for local policy decisions.

摘要

汉森等人（2013 年 11 月 15 日，第 850 页报道）发布了一份具有详细局部森林损失和增益信息的高分辨率全球森林地图。我们发现，他们的产品无法区分热带森林与人工林，甚至无法区分草本作物，这导致森林损失被严重低估，使其对地方决策的参考价值大打折扣。