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IFL mapping team

An alliance of research and non-governmental ecological organizations known as the IFL Mapping Team is constantly improving and updating the Intact Forest Landscapes dataset. The following organizations contributed to the year 2000 IFL mapping and 2000-2013 map update:

Greenpeace Created the original IFL concept together with WRI and lead the mapping initiative

Global Forest Watch, a network initiated by the World Resources Institute

Created the original IFL concept together with Greenpeace, supported map production, update, and presentation

Transparent World

Performed IFL mapping for extensive regions

University of Maryland, Department of Geographical Sciences

Coordinate IFL mapping and validation

WWF Russia

Supported the IFL map update

Luonto Liitto (Finnish Nature League), Forest Watch Indonesia, and other regional NGO

Provided local map validation and feedback

We greatly appreciate help from remote sensing data interpretation specialists, GIS technicians and regional experts who provided invaluable knowledge and assistance in the development and validation of the IFL dataset.
 

Contacts/coordinators
 

Peter Potapov

   University of Maryland

   potapov@umd.edu

Ilona Zhuravleva

   Greenpeace Russia

   ilona.zhuravleva@greenpeace.org


Project coordinators
 

Alexey Yaroshenko

   Greenpeace Russia

Svetlana Turubanova

   University of Maryland

Christoph Thies

   Greenpeace International

Grant Rosoman

   Greenpeace International

Lars Laestadius

   World Resources Institute

Susan Minnemeyer

   World Resources Institute

Fred Stolle

   World Resources Institute

Dmitry Aksenov

   Transparent World

Maxim Dubinin

   NextGIS

Konstantin Kobyakov

   WWF Russia

Remote sensing data interpretation/GIS analysis

Danilova I.

  Transparent World

Egorov A.

  South Dakota State University

Esipova E.

  Transparent World

Fedorov V.

  Biodiversity Conservation Center

Glushkov I.

  Transparent World

Kiselev R.

  Biodiversity Conservation Center

Komarova A.

  Greenpeace Russia

Kostikova A.

  Biodiversity Conservation Center

Manisha A.

  Transparent World

Margono B.

  University of Maryland

Musin B.

  Biodiversity Conservation Center

Murchie A.

  Greenpeace Amazon

Purekhovsky A.

  WWF

Tsybikova E.

  Transparent World

Vladimirova E.

  Transparent World

Regional experts

Hajek F.

      Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Tetuka B.

      Forest Watch Indonesia

Turunen O.

      Luonto-Liitto - Finnish Nature League

Yumakaev A.

      ESRI (Conservation program)

Consultants

Braslavskaya T.

  Russian Academy of Sciense

Isaev A.

  Russian Academy of Sciense

Sadownichik T.

  Greenpeace International

Smirnova O.

  Russian Academy of Sciense

Yanitskaya T.

  WWF