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Global Forest Cover and Changes: Time-period- and Country-wise Extent of Area under Forest Expansion, Deforestation, and Net Change

Dataset Overview

The dataset contains time-period- and country-wise global data on forest expansion, including afforestation and natural expansion, deforestation, and net change Note: The UN defines types of forest expansion and other terms as follows: Forest expansion: Expansion of forest on land that, until then, was under a different land use, implies a transformation of land use from non-forest to forest. A...

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Organisation

United Nations

Sectors

Environment and Forest

Update Frequency

Quinquennially

Granularity

World

Time Saved

4 hours

Number of rows

2750

Number of Columns

5

Sources

UN Food and Agriculture Organization

Time Period

1990-2000, 2000-2010, 2010-2015, 2015-2020

Units

value in thousand hectares

Last Updated

March, 2025

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Global Forest Cover and Changes: Year- and Country-wise Total Area under Forest, Wood and Other Lands

Organisation

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Time Period

1990, 2000, 2010, 201 5 to 2020

Global Forest Cover and Changes: Year- and Country-wise Extent of Area under Naturally Regenerating, Planted, and Plantation Forests

Organisation

United Nations

Time Period

1990, 2000, 2010, 201 5 to 2020

Global Forest Cover and Changes: Time-period- and Country-wise Extent of Area under Forest Restoration

Organisation

United Nations

Time Period

1990-2000, 2000-2010, 2010-2015, 2015-2020

Data Preview

periodcountrycategorynoteunit
2015-2020AfghanistanForest Expansion by Afforestation0.07value in thousand hectares per year
2015-2020AfghanistanNet Change in Forest Area0value in thousand hectares per year
2015-2020AlbaniaNet Change in Forest Area-0.06value in thousand hectares per year
2015-2020AlgeriaTotal Forest Expansion4value in thousand hectares per year
2015-2020AlgeriaDeforestation5.4value in thousand hectares per year
2015-2020AlgeriaNet Change in Forest Area-1.4value in thousand hectares per year
2015-2020American SamoaNet Change in Forest Area-0.03value in thousand hectares per year
2015-2020AndorraTotal Forest Expansion0value in thousand hectares per year
2015-2020AndorraNet Change in Forest Area0value in thousand hectares per year
2015-2020AngolaNet Change in Forest Area-555.06value in thousand hectares per year

Metadata

NameNumber of Distinct ValuesNumber of Unique ValuesTypeCount
period40Text2750
country2520Text2750
category50Text2750
note1095777Number2750
unit10Text2750

Related Datasets

Global Forest Cover and Changes: Year- and Country-wise Total Area under Forest, Wood and Other Lands

Organisation

United Nations

Time Period

1990, 2000, 2010, 201 5 to 2020

Global Forest Cover and Changes: Year- and Country-wise Extent of Area under Naturally Regenerating, Planted, and Plantation Forests

Organisation

United Nations

Time Period

1990, 2000, 2010, 201 5 to 2020

Global Forest Cover and Changes: Time-period- and Country-wise Extent of Area under Forest Restoration

Organisation

United Nations

Time Period

1990-2000, 2000-2010, 2010-2015, 2015-2020

Tags

environment
forest
ecology
+18

Citation

United Nations. Global Forest Cover and Changes: Time-period- and Country-wise Extent of Area under Forest Expansion, Deforestation, and Net Change [Data set]. Dataful. https://dataful.in/datasets/20681