Land Use > Forest Cover
Raster > Land Use > Forest Cover
Data Source: NOAA Science On a Sphere > Forest Change (Extent, Gain, and Loss) - 2000 - 2014
Website: https://sos.noaa.gov/catalog/datasets/forest-change-extent-gain-and-loss-2000-2014/
Description
There are four overlays available for the 'Forest Cover' layer, selectable through the 'Additional Layer Features' control on the 'Layers Menu'.
The overlays are: 'Forest Extent', colored green, is used to represent tree cover in 2000, 'Forest Loss', colored red, shows tree cover loss between 2001-2014, 'Forest Gain', colored blue, shows tree cover gain between 2001-2014, and 'Forest Combined', colored purple, is gain and loss together due to replanting after loss has occurred.
"Tree cover" is defined as all vegetation greater than 5 meters in height, and may take the form of natural forests or plantations across a range of canopy densities. "Loss" indicates the removal or mortality of tree cover and can be due to a variety of factors, including mechanical harvesting, fire, disease, or storm damage. As such, "loss" does not directly equate to deforestation.
The dataset is a collaboration between by Global Forest Watch partners at GLAD (Global Land Analysis & Discovery) lab at the University of Maryland, Google, USGS and NASA. The data were generated using Landsat imagery and algorithms to measure where tree cover patterns extend, or are lost, each year.
This Map Layer is a Raster Layer, so its Style cannot be changed.