Loss and fragmentation of fire-resistent primary forest cover in Sumatra and Kalimantan

Here we share primary forest loss and fire occurrence in Sumatra and Kalimantan covering 2001 through 2019 period. The datasets include primary forest cover fraction and active fire detection counts at 1km spatial resolution and annual time step.

For details on the datasets see included README file and the following open access publication:

Nikonovas et al., Near-complete loss of fire-resistant primary tropical forest cover in Sumatra and Kalimantan, Communs Earth and Environ., 1, (2020).

Usage Notes

Contact Tadas Nikonovas ([e-mail]) for questions on usage or additional details.

Acknowledgements

This study forms part of the Towards a Fire Early Warning System for Indonesia (ToFEWSI) project (Oct. 2017- Oct. 2021), which is funded through the UK’s National Environment Research Council – Newton Fund on behalf of UK Research & Innovation (NE/P014801/1), Indonesia Endowment Fund for Education and the Indonesian Science Fund (Principal Investigators: Allan Spessa (UK) and Muhammad Ali Imron (Indonesia)). The ToFEWSI project is developing a suite of climate, hydrological- and agent-based models to predict the incidence of peat forest fires in Indonesia, plus new evidence-based proposals for managing fires in Indonesia.