WE WILL COMPLETE THE COUNTRYWIDE FOREST DEGRADATION MAPPING AND DOCUMENT THE FINAL PRODUCT AND DATA PROCESSING WORKFLOWS. IN RESPONSE TO FEEDBACK FROM STAKEHOLDERS WE WILL MODIFY VERSION 1.0 OF THE WAFORDD PRODUCT TO PROVIDE ANNUAL DEGRADATION MAPS AND TO MAP THE SPECIFIC DEGRADATION CLASSES DESIRED BY THE FORESTRY COMMISSION BASED ON CANOPY COVER THRESHOLDS. WE HAVE ALSO BEEN ASKED BY THE FORESTRY COMMISSION TO EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITY OF MAPPING BIOMASS ESTIMATES FOR THE PURPOSES OF ESTIMATING EMISSIONS FROM DEGRADATION. MAPPING BIOMASS WILL BE CONTINGENT ON OUR RECEIVING SUITABLE FOREST INVENTORY DATA FROM THE FORESTRY COMMISSION THAT WE CAN USE TO PARAMETERIZE A NEW BIOMASS MODEL. DATA AVAILABILITY AND OTHER ISSUES RELATED TO BIOMASS MAPPING WILL BE DISCUSSED AT MEETINGS WITH THE FORESTRY COMMISSION IN JUNE 2018. THE FINAL VERSION OF THE WAFORDD PRODUCT LIKE VERSION 1.0 WILL BE DELIVERED IN THE FORM OF GEOTIFF FILES WITH A USER S GUIDE AND APPROPRIATE METADATA. WE WILL ALSO PROVIDE ALL GEE SCRIPTS USED TO GENERATE THE PRODUCT ALONG WITH WORKFLOW DOCUMENTATION THAT WILL SUPPORT THE CONTINUED GENERATION OF THESE PRODUCTS BY OUR GHANAIAN COLLEAGUES.
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