Description
The global map of forest cover provides a spatially explicit representation of forest presence and absence for the year 2020 at 10m spatial resolution in geographical coordinates (latitude, longitude).
Contact
Contributors
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- Clement Bourgoin
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- Astrid Verhegghen
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- Iban Ameztoy
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- Silvia Carboni
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- Frederic Achard
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- Rene Colditz
How to cite
Bourgoin, Clement; Verhegghen, Astrid; Ameztoy, Iban; Carboni, Silvia; Achard, Frederic; Colditz, Rene (2025): Global map of forest cover 2020 - version 3. European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/8c561543-31df-4e1b-9994-e529afecaf54
Keywords
2020 Deforestation-free EU Regulation Forest cover Global map
Data access
Publications
Spatial coverage
| Type | Value |
|---|---|
| GML | <gml:Polygon xmlns:gml="http://www.opengis.net/gml"> <gml:outerBoundaryIs> <gml:LinearRing> <gml:coordinates>-180,80 180,80 180,-60 -180,-60 -180,80</gml:coordinates> </gml:LinearRing> </gml:outerBoundaryIs></gml:Polygon> |
| GML | <gml:Polygon xmlns:gml="http://www.opengis.net/gml/3.2"> <gml:exterior> <gml:LinearRing> <gml:posList>-180 80 180 80 180 -60 -180 -60 -180 80</gml:posList> </gml:LinearRing> </gml:exterior></gml:Polygon> |
| WKT | POLYGON ((-180 80, 180 80, 180 -60, -180 -60, -180 80)) |
Temporal coverage
| From date | To date |
|---|---|
| 2020-01-01 | 2020-12-31 |
Additional information
- Published by
- European Commission, Joint Research Centre
- Created date
- 2025-11-11
- Modified date
- 2025-11-12
- Issued date
- 2025-11-28
- Landing page
- https://forest-observatory.ec.europa.eu/forest
- Data theme(s)
- Agriculture, fisheries, forestry and food, Environment, International issues
- Update frequency
- irregular
- Identifier
- http://data.europa.eu/89h/8c561543-31df-4e1b-9994-e529afecaf54
- Popularity
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