Table 2. National forest area comparison among three forest maps from PALSAR, GlobCover, MCD12Q1 in 2009 as well as the statistical data of FAO FRA 2010 (Unit: ×103 km2).
PALSAR | FAO FRA | GlobCover | MCD12Q1 | |
Brunei | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
Myanmar | 343 | 318 | 235 | 359 |
Cambodia | 70 | 101 | 56 | 55 |
East Timor | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 |
Indonesia | 885*)+419**) | 944 | 860 | 1396 |
Laos | 148 | 158 | 112 | 184 |
Malaysia | 222 | 205 | 180 | 274 |
Philippines | 140 | 77 | 82 | 153 |
Singapore | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Vietnam | 128 | 138 | 111 | 131 |
Thailand | 190 | 190 | 93 | 128 |
Total areas | 2556 | 2141 | 1733 | 2688 |
Excluding the West Papua and Papua regions (including Maluku and North Maluku) due to the original data missing of PALSAR 50 m Orthorectified mosaic product in 2009.
The area of the West Papua and Papua regions was complemented according to the MODIS land cover (MCD12Q1) product.