global interpreted planted forest, natural forests validation samples

This dataset provided the global validation dataset including planted forest, natural forest, and non-forest in 2015. This dataset was visually interpreted using the high spatial resolution (<1 m) images from Google Earth, and combining the spatial distribution of planted forets, and forest gain map. 1 denotes planted forest, 2 denotes the natural forest, and 3 denotes the nonforest. Detailed information about how the global validation dataset was visually interpreted can be seen in the following reference: Xu, H., He, B., Guo, L., Yan, X., Zeng, Y., Yuan, W., et al. (2024). Global forest plantations mapping and biomass carbon estimation. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 129, e2023JG007441.