The Global 30m Forest Age Map (Natural vs. Planted forest)

The Global 30m Forest Age Map (Natural vs. Planted Forest), 1985–2024 provides a worldwide, high-resolution dataset that separately maps the ages of natural and planted forests. Forest age is derived from Landsat time-series spectral change points using the CCDC algorithm. The dataset reveals global and regional patterns of forest development and offers a consistent basis for studies on forest dynamics, carbon cycles, and ecosystem management. In the data files, those beginning with NF correspond to natural forests, while those beginning with PF correspond to planted forests. Due to the large volume of the dataset, a portion of the data files is hosted on an additional storage platform. These externally hosted files form part of the same dataset and are fully associated with the same DOI as the files stored on Mendeley Data. The additional files can be accessed at the following link: https://zenodo.org/records/17636330.