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
Wildlife Conservation Society
Support the global IFL monitoring project and promote the use of IFL concept for biodiversity and habitat conservation
Transparent World
Performed IFL mapping for extensive regions
The Global Land Analysis and Discovery (GLAD) laboratory in the Department of Geographical Sciences at the University of Maryland
Coordinate IFL mapping and validation
WWF Russia
Supported the IFL map update
Luonto Liitto (Finnish Nature League), Forest Watch Indonesia, and other regional NGOs
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
Project coordinators
Alexey Yaroshenko | Greenpeace Russia |
Tom Evans | Wildlife Conservation Society |
Svetlana Turubanova | University of Maryland |
Christoph Thies | Greenpeace International |
Lars Laestadius | Swedish Univ of Agricultural Sciences |
Fred Stolle | World Resources Institute |
Dmitry Aksenov | Transparent World |
Konstantin Kobyakov | WWF Russia |
Remote sensing data interpretation/GIS analysis
Esipova E. | Transparent World |
Glushkov I. | Greenpeace Russia |
Phien S. | Wildlife Conservation Society |
Silverman J. | Wildlife Conservation Society |
Danilova I. | Transparent World |
Egorov A. | South Dakota State University |
Fedorov V. | Biodiversity Conservation Center |
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 Russia |
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 |
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