Rates of Land Conversion

This data evaulates rates of land-use change from natural to non-natural landcover classes (and vice versa) for 1200km2 hexbins in southern Canada.

The purpose of this data is to evaluate the potential additionality of protecting ecosystem carbon in southern Canada (agricultural region of Canada). This approach serves as a coarse filter for assessing additionality by applying the rate of landcover change within a defined area to the amount of carbon currently stored within the area. If the area were to be protected, the additional benefit can be calculated using both this dataset and our National Carbon Stocks dataset.

Rates of landcover change were calculated using data from the Earth Observation Team of the Science and Technology Branch at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada at a 30m resolution. The timeframe spans 2011-2020 inclusive (10 years).