Principal Investigator: Matthew Hansen Co Investigators: Peter Potapov Sponsor: USFS Time Period: 2014 to 2019 Researchers: Amy Hudson Pickens Graduate Researchers: LeeAnn King Project Description The goal of this project is to develop and implement planning workshops, capacity building, and high resolution mapping of Bangladesh. We will work to do preliminary data assembly and prototype land mapping of in region areas. We will conduct two to three in-region capacity building visits depending on the progress and workshop scheduling. This project will support the larger Forest Service work with MRV activities in Bangladesh. Related Publications: Potapov, P., Siddiqui, B.N., Iqbal, Z., Aziz, T., Zzaman, B., Islam, A., Pickens, A., Talero, Y., Tyukavina, A., Turubanova, S., Hansen, M.C. (2017) Comprehensive monitoring of Bangladesh tree cover inside and outside of forests, 2000–2014. Environmental Research Letters, 12, 104015. Related Projects: Integrating earth observation and forest inventory data in quantifying biomass in degraded forests of the Republic of Congo Land Cover & Forest Monitoring in Support of National Carbon Accounting for Peru, Colombia and Ecuador