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

Peter Potapov

   University of Maryland

   potapov@umd.edu

Ilona Zhuravleva

   Greenpeace Russia

   ilona.zhuravleva@greenpeace.org


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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11.29.2021
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