Dirk Bryant, Associate, Program in Resource and Environmental Information

Daniel Nielsen, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Analyst

Laura Tangley is a science journalist with a long-standing interest in the conservation of forests and other ecosystems, particularly in the tropics. She has written many articles on these subjects, mostly for BioScience magazine, where she was features editor until 1988. Ms. Tangley was also associate editor of Earthwatch magazine and co-authored the WRI book Trees of Life: Saving Tropical Forests and Their Biological Wealth.

Contributing Authors

Nigel Sizer, Marta Miranda, Paige Brown, Nels Johnson, Andrew Malk, and Kenton Miller.

Collaborators

Data Collaborators:
World Conservation Monitoring Centre, and World Wildlife Fund - US Conservation Science Program.

Regional Data Coordinators:
Conservation International (Latin America), and the Pacific Environment Resources Centre (Russia)

Experts Who Helped WRI Map the frontier forests:

Africa:

Conrad Aveling (ECOFAC); Joerg Balsiger; Bryan Corran; Lee Hannah (Conservation International); John Hart (Wildlife Conservation Society); Illonga Itoua (World Wildlife Fund); Robert Kasisi; Dr. Nadine Laporte (University of Maryland); Jean LeJolly (Département de Biologie Végétale Université Libre de Bruxelles); Michel F. Massart (NASA Landsat Pathfinder Program/Central Africa); Assitou Ndinga (IUCN); Simon Rietburgen (The World Bank); Nicodene Tchamou (IITA); David Wilkie (Biodiversity Support Program).

Asia:

Michael Green (World Conservation Monitoring Centre); Xiaojun Li (The Nature Conservancy); Kathy MacKinnon (The World Bank); John MacKinnon; Dennis Neilson; Evan Shield; Chris Wemmer (Conservation and Research Center); Tony Whitten (The World Bank); Eric Wikramanayake (World Wildlife Fund).

Oceania (including PNG):

Bruce Beehler (U.S. State Department); Christopher Bragg (Department of Primary Industries-QFS); Gary Hartshorn (Organization for Tropical Studies); Don Henry (World Wildlife Fund); John Herbert (New Zealand Forest Research Institute); Jamie Kirkpatrick (University of Tasmania); Kathy MacKinnon (The World Bank); Dennis Neilson; Dr John Nelder (Queensland Herbarium); Stewart Noble (Environmental Resources Information Network); Evan Shield, Tony Whitten (The World Bank); Jann Williams (Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research); John Woinarski (Parks and Wildlife Commission of the Northern Territory).

South America:

José Marcio Ayres (IBAMA); Aaron Cavieres; Thomas Defler (Caparú Biological Station); Louise Emmons (The Smithsonian Institution); Philip Fearnside (Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia); Gustavo Fonseca (Conservation International); Robin Foster (Field Museum of Natural History); Rodolfo H. Gajardo Michell (Universidad de Chile); Gary Hartshorn (Organization for Tropical Studies); Otto Huber (Instituto Bot´nico); Rod Mast (Conservation International); Russell Mittermeier (Conservation International); Silvio Olivieri (Conservation International); Enrique Ortiz (Conservation International); Claudio Padua (University of Brazil); Carlos Peres (Universidade de S´o Paulo); Anthony Rylands (Conservation International); Jaime Salzar (Fundación Inguede); Stephan Schwartzman (Environmental Defense Fund); Wouter Veening (Netherlands Committee for IUCN).

Europe and Russia:

Dmitry Aksenov and staff (Biodiversity Conservation Center); Dr. Isaev Alecsander (Yakut Institute of Biology); David Gordon (Pacific Environment & Resources Center); Roger Olsson (Naturinformation Ab); Risto Paivinen and staff (European Forest Institute); Anatoli Shvidenko (International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis); Lisa Tracy (Pacific Environment & Resources Center); Boris Voronov (Institute for Water and Ecological Problems).

North and Central America:

Liz Barratt-Brown (Natural Resources Defense Council); Jean- François Bergeron (Ministère des Ressources Naturelles, Gouvernement du Québec); Dan Bullock (Manitoba Natural Resources); Chuck Carr (Wildlife Conservation Society); James Cayford (The Canadian Institute of Forestry); Rex Crawford (The Nature Conservancy); Barry Davidson (Wildlife Habitat Canada); Bob Demulder (Forest Inventory Development Group); Louise Emmons (The Smithsonian Institution); Robin Foster (Field Museum of Natural History); Tim Grey (Wildlands League); Randy Hagenstein (The Nature Conservancy); Mark Heathcott (Parks Canada); Harry Hirvonen (Environment Canada); Vicky Husband (Sierra Club BC); Laura Jackson (Protected Areas Association); Deborah Jensen (The Nature Conservancy); Kevin Kavanagh (World Wildlife Fund - Canada); Andy MacKinnon (BC Forest Service); Elizabeth May (Sierra Club Canada); Reed Noss (Oregon State University); Chris O\'Brien (Ecology North); George Powell; Chris Shank (Wildlife Management Division, Government of the Northwest Territories); Jorge Soberón Mainero (Comisi¢n para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad); Amanda Will (Protected Areas Association); Tim Wilson (Conservation Mapping); Dr. Ken Winterberger (U.S. Forest Service); Terje Vold (BC Forest Service); Gaile Whelan Enns (World Wildlife Fund Canada); Steve Zoltai (Canadian Forest Service).

Reviewers:

We would like to thank the following people who, in addition to the individuals named, provided valuable review comments and other input at various stages of this project: Janis Alcorn, Mark Aldrich, Kim Awbrey, Victoria Berry, Clare Billington, Susan Braatz, Louis Carbonnier, Domenick Dellasala, Eric Dinerstein, Yves Dube, Nigel Dudley, Lorene Flaming, Jerry Franklin, Mark Graham, David Harcharik, Rudolf Heinrich, Jurgen Hoth, Sue Iremonger, Klaus Janz, Val Kapos, Andrei Laletin, Jean-Paul Lanly, Claude Leger, Massimiliano Lorenzi, Richard Luxmoore, Michael McCloskey, Jeff McNeely, Norman Myers, David Olson, Jean Poitevin, Peter Raven, Kent Redford, Heather Rosmarin, Nick Salafsky, Jaime Salazar, Andre Savoie, Jeff Sayer, Peter Schlesinger, K.D. Singh, Bruce Stein, Tom Stone, Fred Swartzendruber, Frances Sullivan, and Derek Thompson. Within WRI we would like to express our gratitude to Chip Barber, Alan Brewster, Jake Brunner, Bruce Cabarle, Allen Hammond, Jonathan Lash, Mary Paden, Walter Reid, Leslie Roberts, Eric Rodenburg, Kirk Talbott, Peter Veit and Deanna Wolfire.

Researchers:

Steve Walters and Changhua Wu helped immensely throughout the initial stages of this report. We are indebted to them for their invaluable assistance.