Forest cover change in China (Version1, from 2000 to 2016)

(1)change class code:

          1:"gain"
          2:"loss"
          3:"gain then loss": afforested areas are eventually destroyed back to non-forest land
          4:"loss then gain":forest areas recovered or replanted after disturbances

(2)Citation

 Please cite the dataset including version number and the following paper when using this forest change result: 

Jing Guo, Peng Gong, Iryna Dronova & Zhiliang Zhu (2022) Forest cover change in China from 2000 to 2016, International Journal of Remote Sensing, 43:2, 593-606, DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2021.2022804

(3)Notes

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