title: Response to comment on "High-resolution global maps of 21st-century forest cover change".
abstract: Tropek et al. critique the Hansen et al. global forest loss paper in terms of its utility and accuracy. Both criticisms suffer from a miscomprehension of the definition of forest employed as well as the requirements of product validation. Utility of the product is enhanced through its integration with forest type, carbon stock, protected area status, and other ancillary data.
authors.affiliation: Department of Geographical Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA. mhansen@umd.edu.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hansen
authors.affiliation: Department of Geographical Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Potapov
authors.affiliation: Department of Geographical Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Margono
authors.affiliation: Department of Forest and Natural Resources Management, State University of New York, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stehman
authors.affiliation: Department of Geographical Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Turubanova
authors.affiliation: Department of Geographical Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tyukavina
mesh_terms: D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D062305:Geographic Mapping; D008377:Maps as Topic; D014197:Trees