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. 2014 Jan 22;9(1):e85801. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0085801

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.