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FAO: global forest fragmentation derived from COPERNICUS Global Land Cover 2015 dataset

Contributors

Peter Vogt

How to cite

Peter Vogt, Kurt Riitters, Giovanni Caudullo, Bernd Eckhardt (2026): FAO - global forest fragmentation 2015. European Commission, Joint Research Centre [Dataset] doi: 10.2905/JRC.8S180E0 PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/cff5de0e-d8c3-49ee-97a8-d68e5ae2beb4

Keywords

CopernicusFAOForest fragmentation

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FAO - global forest fragmentation 2015
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  • FAO: global forest fragmentation derived from COPERNICUS Global Land Cover 2015 dataset

Publications

Publication
FAO – State of the world’s forests: forest fragmentation
Vogt, P., Riitters, K.H., Caudullo, G. and Eckhardt, B., FAO – State of the world’s forests: forest fragmentation, EUR 29972 EN, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2019, ISBN 978-92-76-13036-9 (online), doi:10.2760/145325 (online), JRC118594.
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  • This document summarizes the design process, definitions, and algorithmic implementation conducted by the Joint Research Centre to support the development and implementation of FAO’s global forest analysis for the thematic topics Accounting and Fragmentation. The analysis scheme and data products were designed to support the indicator Forest Fragmentation in the State of the World's Forests (SOFO) report 2020.

    The spatial forest coverage is assessed from the Copernicus Global Land Cover 2015 dataset (accessed in July 2019) and 21 Global Ecological Zones (GEZ). All data was re-projected to equal area to allow for comparable area estimates across the Globe. Spatially explicit maps and statistical summaries are derived at global level and for each of the 21 GEZ.

Temporal coverage

From date To date
2015-01-01 2015-12-31

Additional information

Published by
European Commission, Joint Research Centre
Contact email
peter.vogt (at) ec.europa.eu
Update frequency
other

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Language(s)
English

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Data theme(s)
Agriculture, fisheries, forestry and food

dataset theme covering the domains of agriculture which involves the cultivation of plants and livestock; fisheries which focuses on the harvesting of fish from wild or farmed sources; forestry which relates to the management and conservation of forests and woodlands; and food which includes substances that provide nutritional support to organisms
Environment

dataset theme covering the domain of environment, defined as the interaction of all living species, climate, weather, and natural resources that impact human survival and economic activity

Geographical name(s)
World
Issued date
2019-12-13
Created date
06 Dec 2019 08:49
Modified date
13 Dec 2019 09:42
Landing page
https://forest.jrc.ec.europa.eu/en/activities/lpa 
Dataset identifier
http://data.europa.eu/89h/cff5de0e-d8c3-49ee-97a8-d68e5ae2beb4
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