Forest loss from 2000 to 2020

This EBV dataset is based entirely on the time series analysis developed by Prof. Matthew Hansen and colleagues (2013) in version 1.8, which examines the global Landsat archive at a special resolution of 30 meters to characterize global forest extent and change from 2000 through 2020. In this EBV dataset we focus on "Forest Cover loss" defined as a stand-replacement disturbance, or a change from a forest to non-forest state. The original data from Hansen et al., (2013), was processed using a factor of 15 to aggregate to a new spatial resolution of 450 x 450 meters and are structured in the multidimensional and standard format proposed by the GEO BON community for the Essential Biodiversity Variables.